Iโm pretty pro-capitalism myself,
No, Clyde - lick the boots of parasites if you want... but you are the one that needs to justify your beliefs. We who have seen through the fairy tales have no need to justify anything to the likes of you.
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I think capitalism is fine to an extent. It's when companies become too large that their scale and power enshittify things.
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I'd say that unless you are pretty wealthy then you're pro- something designed to optimally exploit you while making you think that it's the greatest system on Earth and that society can't possibly do any better.
Comments on a self-professed tankie instance
"BuT wHy Is EvErYoNe RiDiNg TaNkS"
This is LEMMY.ML, mister. Also, everything everyone else is saying.
The problem is not 'Capitalism'. It's the JACK WELCH brand of Capitalism, the one that tears apart the soul of any company that produces goods and turns it into a robot for profit with the sacrifice of any meaningful corporate planning or infrastructure (including workers) investment.
Until THIS ends, Capitalism is, in fact, an evil.
Edit: Honestly. Please. Look up what Welch did to GE and how it spread to every other corporation. It's EYE opening.
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Lemmy.ml was started by tankies so that would be why there is little love for market capitalism on this server. Oddly enough, many seem perfectly fine with state capitalism like China has.
Are you a radical communist that only believes Marx is the pure form of communism? You know there's no true direct democracy out there...
Yeah, just take one look at Lemmygrad...
They'll tell you all about how great China is while glossing over the millions of dead bodies it took to achieve their current situation, which is still piss poor for many workers. But fuck America, right?... Lol
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You know that the .ml in lemmy.ml stands for "Marxist-Leninist", right?
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Because they've never seen well regulated Capitalism nor been educated on it as all we get in the US is Corporate propaganda on Capitalism to justify the hellscape the wealthy make the most money from.
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It isnt about capitalism or sociallism but the education level of people running the system.
Capitalism is the worst economical system, but there is no better alternatives, as a ukrainian watching other developed countries i feel sad about my cumminist in the past country
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I don't get the same impression in my community. I'm pretty sure that we all love capitalism in "millionairs@lemmy.lm" What communities do you waste your time on?
Why be pro any *ism or *ist? Why not be pro *ance?