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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think people join the right because they are annoyed by leftists, I think they join the right because they see a bunch of people full of hatred and want to join in because of their self-centered misanthropy.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

100% they just use being annoyed by leftists to hide their ideological view points. Just wanted to share this cause I thought it was funny.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Similar like that.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fucking leftists, they ruined leftism!

[–] timkmz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think this comment sections shows quite well just how much Lemmy is a bubble of leftists.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

CHOOSE:

freedom of thought, but you have to learn to work with people you disagree with slightly or find annoying: left

uniformity of thought, but you are surrounded by bleating sheep and must bleat along: right

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

It cracks me up how antivaxxers on the right try using the slogan "Lions not sheep". It reminds me of how Fox News used to call themselves "Fair and Balanced".

[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] lugal@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No! We can't work together with people who want something else just because they call themselves leftists, too

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm a leftist, I just think landlords have their place, billionaires are job creators, and if we disrupt the status quo too much the global south might stop giving us resources for nothing- A Great Mind

[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] Dewded@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think exactly that way and am as left as you can be in the Finnish mainstream party system, with the exception of small sub-1% parties like the Communist Party.

Landlords & Billionaires = living, breathing taxation waiting to happen

Even if we were to tax a billionaire by 80%, they would probably still be a billionaire. However, they would also indeed be creating jobs, wealth and sustainable growth. School systems, medicine, hospitals, city infrastructure, job placement programmes, you name it, they fund it.

Corporate tax is also grossly under-utilized.

Capitalism isn't bad if you tax it hard and use the money for the welfare of citizens.

[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] Dewded@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm answering from the perspective of living in a country with functional democracy, so it's hard to see the power the wealthy have over it.

Lobbying and representative campaign funding are more transparent here. No party has majority seats alone, coalition governments are a necessity. Legislation is consensus driven.

Finland is very much operating in a capitalism driven economy while still supplying its citizens socialism driven security.

Capitalism is like fire. It's a good tool, but a bad master. With appropriate legislative checks in place, it won't get out of control.

In the States it already has, but that doesn't mean that capitalism is bad. Just that nobody was tending the fire.

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[–] Dewded@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On a global scale you're right.

If we're discussing the scope of a nation, strong enough tax laws and safeguards for unions prevent ludicrous growth within its own contained system. This can allow people to experience a reasonably fair society.

Finland definitely is still benefiting off of cheap labour from poorer nations though. How to solve that especially if our country wants to retain its status, I would not know where to start. World domination?

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hasn’t the Republican Party been in total disarray since Trump left office?