Late Stage Capitalism
A One-Stop-Shop for Evidence of our Social, Moral and Ideological Rot.
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News, discussion, memes, and links criticizing capitalism and advancing viewpoints that challenge the narratives which act as legitimations for the status quo of modern class society. Posts need not be about capitalism specifically, whether late-stage or otherwise; we simply aim to cater to a socialist audience.
We do allow links to threads and comments on Lemmy/Reddit, as long as they are relevant to the content guidelines and follow the rules. Use NP links, or your post will be deleted.
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This community has its roots in broad-based anti-capitalist thought, with an emphasis on Marxist concepts and analysis and a commitment to antiracism and inclusive feminism.
When it comes to proposed alternatives to Capitalism, it is the general consensus of this community that class-divisions and alienated labour must be abolished; production must be collectively organized by the laborers themselves for the direct benefit of all. We call this socialism.
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I mean they did invade lol
if you consider the Ukrainian post-coup government the legitimate government for all of Ukraine, including the part they've been bombing for almost a decade, sure
Wow that's a hot take.
it's actually a fairly cold take outside of the imperial core
What, the truth?
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/20/ukraine-widespread-use-cluster-munitions
Hot take if you lack critical thinking skills and read CNN or the BBC as gospel I guess, but we dont do that around here
I mean they did not enforce mass neoliberal privitization lol
No, it is simply a common theme across ex-Soviet countries. The same Russia y’all are so trigger happy to defend has its own privatization scheme that’s alive and kicking ever since they unilaterally kicked off USSR collapse.
Russian wiki has a decent entry point into that particular rabbit hole.
Who's "they"?
Seems like they are selling off abandoned buildings to fund the war right? If that's the case then Russia absolutely did.
No. Privatization is never done to raise funds. In all likelihood, these assets will be sold for dirt cheap. I don't know what their end game is here. If you look at the precedents of East Germany and Soviet countries then privatization was done to deindustrialise them and destroy their economy. Maybe they will do the same here.
“United Mining and Chemical Company” is an abandoned building?
Fascinating stuff really. Look at these gymnastics. The west are such good guys that when they openly admit they are looting and plundering a nation to steal all their wealth, these guys will still find some excuse like "the buildings are all abandoned!"
But like, maybe they're abandoned because people fled due to the war? And those people will be returning home once it is over?
Reminds me of Japanese-Americans returning home from the concentration camps only to find their homes have been sold by the government and no longer belong to them.
Now, you're talking like an eighth grader. Probable side effect of consuming too much liberal media shit. :)
Literally in the body of the post :)