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Yes, normally you are. We are in a CVOID19 world, which makes that a little more problematic. Still,e the fact that unemployment is dropping and people have fo
by djsumdog 6y ago
Yes, normally you are. We are in a CVOID19 world, which makes that a little more problematic.
Still,e the fact that unemployment is dropping and people have found new ways to make money, despite old jobs potentially disappearing forever, is actually a strength of capitalism.
Socialism say, "Don't worry we'll take care of you. Here's some welfare," and people become dependent on the State, and the State might give you some new job options to pick from.
FDR's new deal gave people jobs that weren't even necessary (Got into a building in TVA and look at the rows and floors of empty cubes; they had a secretary for each floor) and even though people knew that, there was still a sense of pride that at least they were working and trying to contribute. That aided more creatively, and more recovery.
COVID is the ultimate test of Capitalism for people to rise up within the new rules of this horrible system, a one where leaders are saying "You literally cannot run your small store, but we're going to let this massive chain keep working" .. where they are literally removing your Capitalists freedoms, and the ones who will survive are the ones who say "Fuck this .. I'm going to find a way to keep afloat .. time to get creative.." and suddenly your store is selling masks and creating more fabric waste to fill our oceans more than ever!
- gazillionaire 6y agoSocialism doesn't give you jobs to choose from, it assigns you a job. That you are supposed to do for the common good, no personal gains allowed.
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- slavak 6y agoYou're either a troll, or _really_ confused about what Socialism is. I know this isn't the spirit of comments HN encourages, but I really can't afford to waste the time on writing a thoughtful reply to someone who is, most likely, purposefully ignorant. So I'll just link you to Wikipedia instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
- gazillionaire 6y agoSocialism is not a definition on Wikipedia. Also, is this a joke: "A non-market socialist system eliminates the inefficiencies and crises traditionally associated with capital accumulation and the profit system in capitalism." - that's on Wikipedia? Seriously? That is the dream version of socialism, not the reality. In reality socialism consistently fails to "eliminate inefficiencies", rather, it does the opposite. But we shouldn't discuss socialism here, that is true. I merely stated what would be the reality under socialism (which has been the case in previous attempts to implement socialism), which is that you would be assigned a job and you would be supposed to gratefully do it for the common good, not for personal gains. I have friends to grow up under socialism. I suspect many Americans simply live to far away from real socialist countries. I guess you could ask Cuban refugees what they think, though.