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[–] 4zi@hexbear.net 68 points 2 years ago (7 children)

America is no longer capitalist. Capitalism requires competition. Today every market is controlled by a small handful of ultra wealthy oligarchs. Until we restore competition, all we have is exploitation.

very-smart

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't they just describe the entire point of capitalism?

[–] facow@hexbear.net 62 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Damn I can't believe capitalism keeps advancing to its extremely predictable endpoint. This must be something new not my beloved capitalism let's call it crony capitalism. That'll solve it

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure it's just due to some pesky consumer protections. Better just remove any regulations, that'll fix it! /s

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We'll try making some kind of East something Trading Company. Surely, we can defeat the monopolizing tendency of capitalism with a corporate-government hybrid structure.

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Better make sure it's autonomous and armed

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Countdown to the Wall Street Journal rolling out full page ads for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 3... 2...

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Also lets ignore Lenins work that literally describes this and calls it imperialism, more than half a century before the term "crony capitalism" was coined.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago

warren-snake-green "Capitalism without rules is theft!"

thinkin-lenin "So capitalism is theft with rules?"

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny how they can use the no true Scotsman fallacy whenever they want, but they'll yell 'no true scotsman' when we explain how Biden isn't the second coming of Stalin.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

But... his name is Joe. Checkmate, commies.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

bit idea: sell them communism under the guise of new competition in the market.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I swear that the dream of these dumbos is to implement some sort of "sports league" to each market, where inefficient companies get subsidized by the league (terrible teams in sports get higher draft picks) and efficient companies get punished (lower draft picks, luxury taxes, etc) but get to say they "won" the competition. But it really doesn't matter who wins or loses because the league is immutable.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

"The only way to stop a bad person with a capitalism is a good person with a capitalism."