Comment on Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’
aarch0x40@piefed.social 2 days ago
I forget where I heard / read this but weren’t the founders dead set against the economic system we now find ourselves in?
cabbage@piefed.social 2 days ago
America is pretty much a game of twisting the ideas the nation was founded on into the opposite of what they were intended to mean. Much like American Christianity. It’s a batshit country.
Adam Smith didn’t want unchecked capitalism; he argued that capitalists would immediately conspire to fuck everyone over when given the chance. Somewhere else he used the invisible hand as part of a metaphor for how specialization and trade between nations causes mutual benefits. The american political thought propaganda department took these two words out of context and made Smith the hero of unregulated capitalism, because the “invisible hand” of the market will solve everything.
It’s the same thing over and over. Jesus said love thy neighbour, American Christians are chanting build a wall. America was founded in direct opposition to kings, the current president is bragging about being one while hiring judges as hitmen who insist on taking the text of the constitution Very Seriously.
All of American society is a distorted lie at this point. All of it.
SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I agree in spirit. But:
Bad analogy. Christianity is terrible all the way through. The bible exists to normalize abuse. There is no world where “all-powerful and loving being chose to make us suffer” makes sense.
He was talking to those who would inherit his kingdom. He was more dismissive of others. “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The golden rule predates christianity. There is no such thing as a christ, Jesus was a delusional narcissist who caused endless problems for us.
To prevent such hypocrisy in the future, we cannot pretend false things are true. “Freedom of religion” makes accountability impossible. Grown-ass adults need to stop pretending magic is real. I don’t think baseless religious claims should be protected under the first amendment, it is akin to yelling “fire” in a crowded theater when there is no fire.
We can’t get on the same page when people are encouraged to believe whatever they want. Honest people believe what is most likely true whether they want it or not. We need to rely on standards that are grounded in observable, measurable reality.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
I am of the opinion that any sufficiently advanced religion is indistinguishable from the believer's own morals (in terms of presence in decisions). Banning religion would not solve anything.
SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Did I say ban?
I advocate for education. All life depends on the truth; therefore, certain falsehoods threaten all life.
As we are living people, it is in our best interests to hold each other accountable for our words and actions, which are driven by our beliefs.
Instead, we currently have adults pretending that bronze age blood magic is real and that’s why we should dehumanize LGBTQIA+ and immigrants.
This is insane, yet the average person has bought the comforting lie that everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want. We should correct this deadly mistake every time we see it.