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Communism? We sit here and allow wealth inequality to take record highs and then we're shocked when the capitalists are so strong that they own the government?
by lijogdfljk 5y ago
Communism? We sit here and allow wealth inequality to take record highs and then we're shocked when the capitalists are so strong that they own the government?
This is uncontrolled capitalism imo. When the rich have such buying power that they own governments, as they do now, you can't really call it communism now can you? The government is just an arm of the rich now, and nothing will change until that is brought into check. Getting rid of government wouldn't stop the rich either.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoNot just in your opinion but in Adam Smith’s and Karl Marx’s as well.
- triceratops 5y ago> Communism? In the US, anything you think is bad is "communism/Marxism" if you're on the political right, and "unrestrained capitalism" if you're on the political left. Don't fall into the trap of thinking there's any logic behind any of this.
- lijogdfljk 5y agoI think everyone is right there, to a degree. Ie yea, the government is at fault, but who is controlling the government here? etc The solution is balance. I'm a capitalist, but unrestrained capitalism is difficult to impossible. Unrestricted government or capitalism will fail in both cases imo.
- sdoering 5y agoCame here to ask similar questions/take a similar argumentative position. I don't know what in the eyes of cop is supposed to be communist about the current US social structure. I see (from the outside) modern feudalism and a social structure that, despite a simulation of democracy, is closer to European industrialization and its industrial barons and their working precariat than to a modern, democratic and fair society.