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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39257551

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[–] groKKK@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

wojak-nooo Even if I speak out about white genocide in South Africa I will get silenced and my government will stay complicit in this horrific mass murder. What are we, North Korea?

kim-cool Lol the DPRK is the only country on Earth that is not complicit in the South African white genocide and fights tooth and nail for the liberation of all oppressed peoples in the world.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

no taxes what? that can't be right lol

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It does make sense if you are the employer and can set the wages. Paying them and taxing them or just paying them the part they'd get to keep anyway

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gotta extract surplus value one way or another but you don't have to do it at every single opportunity.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's really that much different if it is bigger pay and you pay taxes on it or smaller pay and no taxes on it. Where I live the tax is omitted automatically soit's a similar sort of situation either way

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well you see the difference is that under capitalism the surplus goes towards building some billionaires thirds yacht while in socialist Albania the surplus goes towards building enough bunkers to protect every man, woman and child.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Hah I see the difference

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

It is, but also kind of isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_North_Korea

(NATOpedia, so there's probably some bullshit)

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Getting a house part sounds like they're getting it by buying it but second part talks about paying rent. A bit confusing. Or are rental homes (or apartments) common but also hard to get somewhere?

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Given the economic context, I think the "house" is really an "apartment" here, because the westerner in question does not have any prospect of home ownership.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that they are worried about **if** they're getting an apartment at all. I think this meme could be executed better with a small tweak

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

I mean, if I can afford one, if my credit is good enough, if it's not an empty building used for tax writeoffs or whatever the reason is some landlords buy building and don't rent out the rooms.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 8 points 4 months ago

Rental houses are common where I live, and more affordable than equally sized apartments, but difficult to get because of the number of people looking to rent.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Kim Wojack looks like deng