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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

There's a lotta people that also think using a system of currency is all capitalism is and is what they want to be rid of. But you can still have money without capitalism.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I knew someone once who thought capitalism was basically all forms of commerce. Like there was no trade before capitalism i guess. Don't understand how they thought the world worked for most of the last few thousand years.

Course a distressingly number of people in this thread seem to think similarly. Which makes me sad for the world.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago
[–] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Normalize including an argument with hot takes

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I mean even if you believe this Marx at least suggested the benefits of industrial capital should be retained somehow. Whether that's by fencing it in, simulating it entirely, or by disciplining capitalists directly you do realistically need some form of industrial production.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pedantic structuralism is right wing. Period. If you are obsessed with any modernist philosophy, you are right wing. There is no structuralist left. That's a polite fiction children on the Internet tell themselves as they argue about which outdated political dogma they have pinned to their jacket.

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[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Gonna left it there for those who agree with that dude :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I know there's a lot of people who say "look, I know, capitalism sucks, absolutely, but it's the only thing that works right now!"

This absolutely shouldn't stop you from dreaming big, my friend.

Europe is great because of a huge number of fully public or heavily tax subsidised services.

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