• jorp@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Capitalism only works in theory in practice it’s all homeless encampments, people going hungry, wealth inequality, gender inequality, race inequality, global inequality, climate disaster, war.

      Capitalism has never worked

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        5 months ago

        A balance between capitalism and socialism is what most countries are already using and has worked for a long time.

        Communism is the one that only works in theory and anywhere it has been tried has quickly led to dictatorships or else it has fallen apart.

        Edit: what most countries are using (not every country)

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          5 months ago

          Social programs and social welfare aren’t really balancing socialism with capitalism, the means of production is fully owned by capitalists and there is no democratization of it. Sure we have some coops but the vast majority of workplaces are dictatorships

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            5 months ago

            Yes workplaces are communist dictatorships. There’s one key difference between a workplace that is a communist dictatorship and a country that is one: you’re at that workplace by your own consent and you can leave.

            Communism is okay when people can choose it willingly and opt out any time. When that communist system is competing with other communist systems for resources.

            Also, the means of production are largely owned by workers in the United States, given how many companies offer stock to their employees, and how many people work for themselves, and how many people use their own tools, cars, computers, and kitchens to earn money.