makotech222

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by makotech222 5y ago
Damn, how terrible it is that the afghani government, made of entirely afghani people, are going to exploit the wealth of the land they have historically lived on, instead of white saviors.
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by makotech222 5y ago
Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals capture property, make it private, make it scarce, then charge others to use it, making profit. Profit is theft from society. Stuff like this is the natural conclusion of such a
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by makotech222 5y ago
If you're receptive to that way of thinking, try taking a look into Marxist theories, which incorporate that way of thinking into a political philosophy.
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by makotech222 6y ago
The right to protest is constitutionally protected, but whatever.
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by makotech222 7y ago
This is misinformation. Unions are democratically led. They can have whatever rules they want regarding skill and pay. The point is that they reach a consensus and then negotiate as a single unit against their employer.
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by makotech222 7y ago
NPR is corporate propaganda for people who think their above the type of propaganda you see on FOX news. I use to listen religiously for about 3 years, until the 2016 election. The way they talked about the democratic primary, it was very v
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by makotech222 7y ago
Heh, that's probably it. Thanks for the reminder.
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by makotech222 7y ago
I Thought this was already known? I remember hearing about this in my Undergrad physics classes. At any time in liquid water, there are hydrogen bonds constantly breaking and rejoining between H-O, H2O, and H2O2.
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by makotech222 7y ago
No, he doesn't assume you should have no rich people. He wants there to be only one class of people, regardless of total wealth. There are two classes in capitalism, owners and workers. In Marx, there is only worker-owners.
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by makotech222 7y ago
Actually, Marx figured that out in the 1800's. If you have two classes of people, the more powerful class will take control of government and advance interests for themselves.
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by makotech222 8y ago
This is true; the only way to survive in modern capitalism is to REALLY fuck workers over so much that they can't even survive while working at your company, let alone after they retire. Fuck this economy so damn much.
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by makotech222 8y ago
Labor makes the world go round. Finance is a parasite.
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by makotech222 8y ago
Millennials, like myself, are stuck between a rock and a hard place. We either have to keep shelling out a mortgage-level rent payments every month, with a $100+ increase every year, or try and save up and spend the 20% down payment and hed
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by makotech222 8y ago
Hey, remember when the USSR started and they eliminated homelessness within 10 years. And also, were the first to space. In addition, had citizens that were better fed than the US, had more doctors per capita. And this is just from State Ca
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by makotech222 8y ago
Haha, do they?
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by makotech222 8y ago
I believe OP was talking about trade throughout the world.
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by makotech222 8y ago
Yeah, we certainly can't produce toilet paper unless 50% of the population is in poverty.
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by makotech222 8y ago
Nice propaganda, dude. We all 'hear' stories like this, but in reality, if you have any experience with people who are actually in unions, its nothing but good. And unions are the only ones pushing back against government cuts to
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by makotech222 9y ago
The argument is, why do we as a society allow people to amass wealth on the scale of nations. Instead, perhaps that wealth should be democratically owned, and then put towards what the society needs, rather than what one person decides.
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by makotech222 9y ago
Sure here's the comparison data: http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-sta... And my favorite part: "For economic growth and almost all of the other indicators, the last 20 years [of t
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by makotech222 9y ago
Liberalism went through the same period. Ever hear of the french revolution? Then the Napoleonic wars? The same is and will happen with socialism. The status quo benefits a select few people (Monarchy, at the time), who will do their damnde
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by makotech222 9y ago
Higher prosperity for everyone? Who are you talking about? I'm pretty sure the bottom 95% of capitalist countries are in complete poverty.
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by makotech222 9y ago
Just want to point out. Socialism doesn't give rise to fascism in any way. Fascism is basically late-stage capitalism, and a rejection of socialism. Communism is late-stage socialism, which is a utopian society. The words are a bit bun
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by makotech222 9y ago
Take a trip to any non-first-world capitalist country. Funny how only a handful of countries benefit from capitalism, while the rest have their resources and labor pillaged. Sounds a lot like a capitalist business.
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by makotech222 9y ago
I think you are in the bubble. How much of the world do you think gets paid fairly for their labor? The First-World conditions of America and Europe are buoyed by the dystopic conditions of labor in the Third-World. And these conditions are
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by makotech222 9y ago
Yes, because a socialist enterprise can exist in a system where the ultra-wealthy capitalist can 1. Buy out the company and outsource everything 2. Buy out the politicians and make laws against them 3. Use their extreme wealth to sabotage t
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by makotech222 9y ago
I don't think you know what socialism is.
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by makotech222 9y ago
Democratization of work doesn't mean zero hierarchy. It means the workers get to choose how their labor value is used. It is perfectly acceptable for a majority of a company to decide to elect a CEO and form a capitalist-style company,
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by makotech222 9y ago
https://local.theonion.com/ceo-worked-way-up-from-son-of-ceo... Yeah, we wouldn't want people being wealthy beyond belief without deserving it. I can tell that you don't know the first thing about socialism.
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by makotech222 9y ago
Congratulations, you have discovered socialism. Most people find extreme injustice in seeing the value of their labor being stolen by the capitalist class. Socialism is an economic system that does away with the employer-employee distinctio

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