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Socialism is when the government does stuff
by bean469 1mo ago
Socialism is when the government does stuff
- Telaneo 1mo agoAnd if does a whole lot of stuff, then it's communism.
- krapp 1mo agoIf it does stuff for poor people it's communism. If it does stuff for rich people it's capitalism.
- inigyou 1mo agoPremier example: enforcement of abstract property rights. This is Big Government™ but since most holders of abstract property rights are rich people, it's capitalism.
- sph 1mo agoIf it does stuff for the party officials, it’s communism. No one has done anything for poor people since Jesus of Nazareth, probably.
- rebolek 1mo agoCommunism is when it does whole lot of shitty stuff.
- FromHoiPolloi 1mo agoNot quite. Communism is when the gov controls the means of production. The end result is indeed shitty stuff due to lack of competition. But you can achieve similar enshittification by failing to break monopolies etc.
- scarecrowbob 1mo agoAh, that explains why all the Q-pilled folks I know (in?)correctly believe the US government to be communist...
- FromHoiPolloi 1mo agoAll governments do stuff. Usually it's passing and enforcing laws. What set of principals stands (or lurks) behind these laws - that's where the meat of the matter is.
- bean469 1mo agoI completely agree with you. It was a satirical nod to the quote from Richard D. Wolff
- FromHoiPolloi 1mo agoOh, I'm not familiar with his works unfortunately.