Real Capitalism Hasn't Been Attempted (tm)

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• FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hope he dies soon, and I hope it hurts the entire time

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• yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wish people would realize it is neither socialism nor capitalism that leads to empty food shelves, but a lack of democracy.

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Capitalism inevitably concentrates more wealth in fewer hands, it is fundamentally anti-democratic by design

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    • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m no advocate for capitalism, but right now the most democratic countries on earth are ones that you would probably label “capitalist”, although I would say they are more accurately labelled “mixed economies”.

      But again the problem isn’t the economic system that leads to the lack of food. It’s how much you concentrate power in the hands of a few people.

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    • scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, that is why the Athenians used to tax the shit out of their upper class.

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    and rights. pure democracy has its own issues. You need to spell out the rules that are not debatable.

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, this is the back aisle of some old Coles somewhere in rural Queensland?
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  (That’s a Coles sign describing whatever is in the next aisle)

  I’m guessing they’re out of toilet paper? What’s the context of the photo?

  Leaving aside the “socialism/capitalism” thing for a moment, is there something going on in Queensland leading to shortages of something? Or is this guy using a photo from 2020?

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  • Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is the sane response of a normal person. But sanity has near zero engagement. Soooo, obscure and unrelated macro-economic debates it is! Yay!!! 🙌

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Roberts and his family moved to Australia in 1962

  So this cunt grew up in an Australia far more socialist than any millenial could ever dream of and pulls this shit

  Get in the sack

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• MrFlibble4747@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well we have had a fair serve of Malcolm, and it is vomit making, send him to a Gulag for a real taste of Real Politic

  Malcolm believes he is the smartest guy in any room! Delusional fwit!

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• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Capitalism is when the food on the shelves is expensive. Socialism is when the food is cheap but there’s none on the shelf.

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• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • NuanceDemon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whats being mocked here is the same conclusion you’re reaching though, “socialism is when empty shelves.”

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    • B1tch_Pudding@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m afraid the joke is on anyone who replied to eyekaytea. They seem to he a known downvote farmer around these parts.

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Coupable@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “I went to Cuba once and stubbed my toe. Socialism is when people stub their toe” ^ This is you. This is what you sound like.

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does sound suspiciously like “stop complaining, it could be worse”, though.

    (I have no horse in this race, am from the other end of the planet, drive-by posting)

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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