While Capitalism definitely sucks ass, I feel like no matter what economic system you’re in there’s always going to be some treadmill to walk, because there will always be things you need, and you will need to work to earn them in some way.
Even communism doesn’t just give everybody shit for free
Lemmy’s constant pro communist propaganda is one of the more annoying bits of this place.
Yeah… I get behind the fact that our current economic system is flawed as fuck, but acting like communism is some panacea for life is just dumb.
The problem isn’t the economic system, it’s us, or more specifically our greed. There are and always will be those who want more than their fair share in life and will more than happily fuck everyone else over to get it.
It’s not even remotely comparable. Let’s take USSR as an example. Nobody worried about being fired and ending up on the street or about being able to retire in dignity. Everyone enjoyed over 20 days vacation, guaranteed work, and retirement by 60 for men, 55 for women. You had to work, but you basically had to do the bare minimum, and shit like overtime was basically unheard of. It’s hard to describe how much stress is removed from people’s lives when they don’t constantly have to worry whether they’re gonna be able to afford basic necessities of life.
I would argue that the same things were probably true in western capitalist countries at the time (I have no evidence)
There’s never been a time under capitalism where there wasn’t homelessness or exploitation. The whole system is built around people who own capital exploiting the workers. In fact, having destitute people is a core component of the system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_army_of_labour
Capitalismbad is a grating topic, but if you insist, please keep it to /politicalmemes.
1: Capitalism IS bad and much more grating itself than people pointing that out
2: who died and made you Czar of Memes?
Breathing is also bad; it slowly oxidizes your body and causes you to age.
But if you genuinely want to make a case that breathing is truly hate-worthy, you need to present an alternative; something that has a proven, trustworthy track record that still sustains life. As of yet, I haven’t heard one for capitalism.
But, oh, maybe that debate isn’t what you want in memes. Hence, move it to /politicalmemes.
