• @basmati@lemm.ee
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      810 months ago

      Nothing makes you understand why capitalism does not work in reality than living in the US for any amount of time while making less than 8 figures a year.

        • @basmati@lemm.ee
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          710 months ago

          That’s the thing you people don’t seem to understand, I’d rather live here but in a country that’s actually based on a logical system of resource distribution. Only cowards like capitalists flee instead of improve things.

          • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            Ah… so let me get this straight. So instead of being poor in a capitalist country, you’d rather be poor in a communist country?

            Edit: JFC dude. Why are there so many of these types on Lemmy

            • @basmati@lemm.ee
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              210 months ago

              Yes, absolutely I’d rather be poor in a country that does not criminalize poverty.

              And I stand by the fact the unlawful military attacks by the US caused 9/11 as a rational response.

            • oce 🐆
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              110 months ago

              Save your mental health, just block them once they are clearly identified, it’s not worth the effort at all.

              • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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                210 months ago

                But there’s so many of them lol. It’s exhausting. I don’t know what’s worse, the far left or the far right. They’re both incredibly annoying

                • argv minus one
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                  110 months ago

                  Truth. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see a society where nobody lords over anybody, but I’m not crazy enough to think I can achieve that by burning everything down or putting a dictator in charge.

                  On the contrary, I consider a classless society to be the social Holy Grail that’s probably only achievable with Star Trek-tier technology. I’m sure it’ll happen eventually, but not today, and that’s okay.

                  • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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                    010 months ago

                    Much easier to pull off government like that with a smaller population. Things get a bit more complicated with several hundreds of millions or billions.

                    People would also have to be altruistic by nature as well but just go to a grocery store and see how many shopping carts are not put back!

              • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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                110 months ago

                All he’s saying is “America bad” and then saying he wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. You should look up what whataboutism is

        • @eskimofry@lemmy.world
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          410 months ago

          Really? Are you really genuinely ignorant or you simply can’t fathom that non-US people not only exist but also lead happier lives?

          • oce 🐆
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            210 months ago

            No, he’s not. He’s talking about supposedly-socialist people in the USA who idealize vaguely socialism related countries like Russia or China, and think they would have a better life in these countries.

            • Cowbee [he/they]
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              210 months ago

              vaguely socialism related countries like Russia or China

              The Russian Federation isn’t socialist in any way. China has a Socialist Market Economy, that’s true, but nobody idolizes Russia nor do they believe they would live a better life there.

              • oce 🐆
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                010 months ago

                I agree, but I believe they don’t like being called like that and they think they are defending socialism.