• rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Come on in. I define myself as a centrist liberal. I think Israel is a criminal apartheid government. I think healthcare is a human right. I also think a market economy is the most efficient way to enrich the proletariat so Marx can stuff it.

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      3 days ago

      And you can be wrong about that last sentence.

      You ignore the unequal exchange and imperialism of developing nations the US dominates. Those people are workers too.

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        That just means that the US dominates and exploits people, it doesn’t mean that market economies inherently lead to that. China implemented market economies within its centrally planned system for a reason.

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          3 days ago

          OK, there’s market economies everywhere. Why is wealth so unequally distributed, within those countries and globally?

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            Why is a dog’s asshole so delicious?

            There isn’t a single example of Marxism actually helping. Ever.

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              There is no example of marxism being seriously implemented, it’s always been used as aesthetics and excuses for authortarian government who want total economical control.

              Those governments never implement true workplace democracy or worker control over the means of production.

              That doesn’t mean marxism can’t work, just no one’s seriously tried. At a small scale it definitely can work, anarchist communes are often successful, despite the best efforts of governments to sabotage them however they can.

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                Sure. Wealth inequality is so rampant because most governments look after the wealthy while ignoring the poor and giving lip service to the middle class

                E: gonna have to ask the dog about the second question. Much like Rocky Mountain Oysters I’ll never know because I’ll never try.

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                  Ok, how do we solve that? More markets? Based on what you said above, that sounds like your solution.

                  I’m of the opinion that workers need ownership of the companies they work for instead of capitalist ownership, but that’s just me. After all, they’re the ones doing the work by definition.