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There is no future under Capitalism (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

*built a system that actively tries to convince us there's no other way, and suppresses the other ways with their money

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

*in the United States. Canada has universal healthcare and has a limited sized military used for peacekeeping missions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Defending capitalism and Western Imperialist states is disallowed here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Thinking than any western military doing ‘peacekeeping’ missions is doing anything other than protecting capital of western companies from native populations they’re exploiting is naive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Good thing there's no inequality, growth imperative, or climate change in Canada - you guys really dodged that bullet! Thank the mounties for capitalism!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

wtf is up with the capitalist shilling comments in my leftist community?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Thank you for bringing them to my attention, capitalist shilling is not (and will never) be allowed in this community. All offending comments have been removed and offenders given ten day temp bans

[+] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

In case you are not aware this is a leftist space, kindly take your liberal propoganda elsewhere

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Communism could incentivize its governing political elite by being democratic, just like Marx wanted… Shame that the state capitalist dictatorships that have declared themselves communist are only really interested in desperately clinging to power

And here in europe the golden hoards of the wealthy are still growing, just a thousand or so times slower

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Agreed, true workers liberation can only come from the workers themselves taking the future into their own hands.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism is literally enshrined greed and self interest. That's never "fine". It can have restrictions put on it to constrain just how much damage self interest can do, but there's no way to make it not damaging

[+] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Once again (as stated in the rules) this is a leftist space, you are free to disagree but disingenuous arguments are not allowed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don't change people. You design systems that don't allow for a snowball effect where inequity creates more inequity.

Of course, that's easier said than done and above my pay grade, but what I do know is that it doesn't look like saying "celebrating excessive greed is good"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I disagree to a certain extent, people are naturally shaped by their environment and that environment can be changed. In my view greed is a natural response to fear, if we build a society where nobody has to fear poverty you can nearly eliminate greed as well. If eveyone has food to eat, a home to live in, acess to healthcare, and a strong community to support them, such a society would naturally build a strong moral standard for all who live within.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

people are naturally shaped by their environment

I agree. My comment wasn't so much talking about people or even what the alternatives could look like. It was trying to point out the inherent flaw with the current system that ensures the equilibrium always shifts towards "more inequity".