this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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[–] Ginkko117 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. And the same for communism

[–] ImFresh3x -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Except even “communists” always give up on the whole idea, and simply keep the name and the authoritarian aspects. China in its current state is what happens when corporations own the government. It’s post late stage capitalism. They just skipped a bunch of steps. And so-called socialists are applauding, because they have no actual principles beyond being contrarian, edgy, anti westerners.

The lot of them are edgy teens, boring trolls, or corpo state employees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You used so many words to tell us that you have no clue regarding what you're talking about. Go read some history books instead of trolling here.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

thank your for your factually wrong statement

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This belongs to lemmygrad, not memes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah it belongs right where it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every system inevitably succumbs to the corruption of greed, and this corruption is invariably cited by critics as evidence of its inherent dysfunction.

The only triumphant strategy to alleviate the burdens of the common man is return to monke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not every system is based completely on greed unlike capitalism. Bernard Mandeville, who was not a communist (and cannot be at all), described the essence of then just beginning capitalism in his book "The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits" back then in 1714. TLDR: private vices (especially greed) create social benefits .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol, my friend seems to be stuck in both the denial and bargaining stages of grief at the same time. 😊

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

It takes people a while to become deprogrammed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah Yes comrade

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is government not capitalism

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

The government represents the interests of the class that holds power in society, and under capitalism that's the capital owning class.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Succdem gang. We can end the worst abuses without falling into tyranny.