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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ownership of Capital. Capitalism has markets, but not all market systems are Capitalist.

Market Socialism, for example, has competing worker-owned entities like Co-operatives in a market system, with no Capitalists.

Capitalism is a relatively new phenomena in the grand scheme of things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

They haven't had masks for decades, and it's becoming more blatant. Reagan was the beginning of it all, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For one, I wouldn't recommend a clown that supports removing the minimum wage, or argues that colonization was a good thing. Recommending a far-right Chicago economist, who is far-right even by Chicago school standards, is laughably absurd.

I have many positions of my own. Decentralization is key, as is democratization, and this extends to production. I think protecting worker power is key, and I think Imperialism and colonization are terrible. As such, I can't agree with recommending Sowell.

All of those are reasons why I'm a leftist and am on Lemmy, rather than a Capitalist site like Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yep, that's why decentralization is so important, and why leftist organizational structure ie decentralization and democratization of production is going to be so critical moving forward.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's one thing to claim police brutality isn't that big of an issue. Still wrong, but not uncommon.

It's another thing entirely to somehow be pro-police brutality.

What the fuck?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Oof, unironically suggesting Sowell? Might as well toss in Prager-U, or DailyWire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I literally gave the KCIA as an example, the ROK itself is designed by the US.

You're clearly not interested in answering honestly or directly, just dodging and justifying Imperialism, rather than sovereignty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The ROK was built by the US, and modeled as they saw fit. You're making the same argument that the US constitution doesn't impact modern American life, because George Washington is dead. That's a fallacy, it hasn't been restructured in any meaningful capacity.

Yes, the ROK has peacetime control. They don't have wartime control, despite posturing. The US still keeps the ROK on a leash, and is waiting for the time when they don't even need to directly control the ROK as they will be subservient regardless.

You really love Imperialism, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Bethesda has been going downhill ever since Morrowind, to be fair. It's just that with each release, the number of disgruntled people have been growing, and with Starfield its finally the majority opinion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution are inseparable from one another. The failure of 20th century Socialist states to adequately address green energy goals can be attributed to rapid industrialization to attempt to keep pace with Capitalist entities.

Going forward, the reason why Green Energy isn't the standard in the US is due to oil companies, not efficiency. The profit motive stands in direct confrontation with the good of all.

That's just Climate Change, too. Capitalism's failures of hierarchical and consumerist nature will exist as long as Capitalism exists.

Not every problem is because of Capitalism, but many are, and at the end of the day this is just a meme.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Are you legitimately trying to argue that history has no bearing on current conditions? Lmao.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

By providing aid and by engineering the ROK during its founding. Pretty simple stuff.

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