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sub_ubi ,

capitalism is great for capitalists, they live like gods

UlyssesT ,

they live like gods

Miserable gods, like the ones in ancient Mesopotamia.

The richest and most powerful of them seem preoccupied with trying to escape the world that they currently rule, whether through space colonialism or “waking up from the simulation” or the like.

sub_ubi ,

Completely true of the public-facing capitalists, who effectively serve as PR for their class.

UlyssesT ,

You may be on to something there, though some of the quieter ones I have names for, like the Mercers or the Waltons, do seem miserable from what I know about them.

Still, if those are outliers, unless the quiet capitalists are secretly richer than their loudest and most obnoxious counterparts, I can’t help but wonder why the richest among them are also the loudest and most miserable.

supertrucker ,

Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top

yogthos OP ,
@yogthos@lemmy.ml avatar

it demonstrably doesn’t, but brainwashed smooth brains will never stop regurgitating this in face of all evidence

AmericaDelendaEst ,

Yes because workers owning their own workplace and directing activity democratically with no owner class siphoning profits has to work the exact same because…

Oh wait, it doesn’t and you’re just a fucking moron

heggs_bayer ,

Buh b but muh totalitarian Soviet Onion! Muh authoritarian Borf Goria! Muh jorjorwell 8491 Chy Na!

UlyssesT ,

Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top

Therefore the best system is the one that directly rewards the most horridly destructively greedy assholes around without the slightest obligation toward the rest of society!

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/57dad255-2cfc-4580-81ce-8d1a0556f093.png

SubArcticTundra ,
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It’s not an either/or situation, there are more alternatives available.

UlyssesT ,

Name them, Captain Smug. Tell us about whatever quaint Northern European social democratic paradise that you got excited about after reading about it on Reddit, that outsources all the suffering you don’t want to know about.

keepcarrot ,

Politicians were paid around the middle of the income scale in the Soviet Union.

Unless you’re talking about like the occasional free beer or taxi ride for competently administering your job, which I gotta tell you, however much you think Communist party members did it… Like, have you had a job and talked to your boss and their inter-business negotiations? Holy shit

TC_209 ,

“Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top,” you think to yourself as the crimson Poverty Line flashes upwards across your field of view. “Capitalism is the only system that works.” The wind is rushing hard in your ears now; the bottom of the Money Pit is coming up fast. “Besides, they worked hard to swim in the Money Pool, they deser–.” Splat

Cowbee ,
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Quick, explain this graph:

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/5e15efcc-447d-4b44-8cf3-e380e5e86a2e.png

calabast ,

I agree with this image, and I’m quite curious to see what “rich” tastes like… But I feel like the mechanics of this picture took me a second or two longer than it should to understand.

Edit: like are they balancing their unicycles on the larger cylinder? They must have really good balance to manage that for more than a second. And if that is true, what happens if they fall forwards? I see the danger if them falling backwards, but does that mean they just can’t fall forwards?

AlecSadler ,

I think ultimately it is just that they are working to turn the cylinder that moves the cog that elevates the resources upward and then they’re hoping they get some overspill.

calabast ,

I do get that ultimately that is what the picture is coveying, and I agree with the message, but if the physics of it make me pause, it detracts from the message.

AlecSadler ,

I guess I see what you’re saying, especially since there’s a call-out to someone falling backwards on the left side.

If I had to guess it’s to showcase the grind can’t last forever, but I suppose it could introduce that ambiguity that causes pause.

yogthos OP ,
@yogthos@lemmy.ml avatar

it’s illustrating how they have to work really hard in a very precarious conditions to keep the system running. Falling off is equivalent to losing your job/savings and ending up on the street.

superkret , (edited )

All you gotta do is pedal hard enough to break the chain and ride straight up the wall.
You can make it if you just believe in yourself!

(although in reality that wall is 10 miles high)

SubArcticTundra ,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

You can only make it to the top by stepping on other people’s shoulders

LaserTurboShark69 ,

Hmm as long as I can paint my unicycle and have a big cool wheel

UlyssesT ,

Here’s how you hustlegrind to trick more people to pedal unicycles and hold up bowls for you. Passive income is a lifehack! morshupls

Pherenike ,
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Brutal.

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