I’m not sure if you are being sarcastic, but democracy and capitalism are fundamentally incompatible. “Equal capitalism” is an oxymoron.
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PetoniousRex@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
O.K. call me super nieve but and I mean a HUGE BUT, what if it became an actual working democracy? I know it sounds absolutely coo coo insane-o-style but a democracy with rules for the almost but not quite equal capitalism we once had. A regulated capitalism that doesn’t squash indevidual , independent voice. Or smother it with Hush money.
Tinidril@midwest.social 2 months ago
Chakravanti@monero.town 2 months ago
They said “almost” and would be accurate in that sense of using the same means just applied, explosives, to reach the speed of light, as material.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 months ago
iran was a democracy prior to the SHAH which was installed by the UK/US. the islamic revolution /current regime is more or less US’s fault.
bryophile@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
How does “bombing back to the stone ages” help establish a democracy?
That IS super nieve.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yes, the US will bomb them into a functional democracy.
I’ll have what this guy is smoking, holy shit
balian@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 2 months ago
Such ideal popular democracies generally need a culture conducive to those. Not all cultures favor democratic politics.
Arigion@feddit.org 2 months ago
You are probably not aware that in the 1950 they were on a good way and the usa and britain overthrew their elected government and installed the radical regime because democratic Iran wanted to sell their oil by themselves? (Very shortend version, please search for details and nuances by yourself)
balian@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 2 months ago
This implies that the radical regime somehow was more conducive to US interests and did not in turn want to “sell their oil by themselves” too, which is… doubtful. Had that been the case things would have turned out differently.