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> Surely capitalism [...] problem Spoken like someone who's never lived NOT under capitalism. It amazes me how young people today say things like this, as if t
by dmitrygr 4y ago
> Surely capitalism [...] problem
Spoken like someone who's never lived NOT under capitalism. It amazes me how young people today say things like this, as if they are self evident. I used to think that I'd not wish that life on anyone, but really y'all could use some, to see the contrast.
- ramin_hal9001 4y ago> lived NOT under capitalism What, for example, is "NOT capitalism?" You mean like communist countries? You seem to be making the old mistake of thinking communism and capitalism are opposites of one another. What is more, the problems with the communist countries was massive cryptic bureaucratic systems preventing practical problems being solved. If you hadn't noticed (or just ignore OP entirely) we have this exact problem right now with the health care/insurance system under the capitalist US system. This is what I mean by capitalism and communism aren't opposites. Capitalism is turning our society into something like what was seen under more oppressive communist governments. And simply voting as if "things are better here, now, than it was under communism" won't solve the very real, pressing problems that OP was talking about.
- int_19h 4y agoI lived "not under capitalism", and while I have many problems with that system, one of the few things that it actually could legitimately boast of was healthcare that was available to everyone, no matter how poor. I don't see any reason why the much richer capitalist societies can't afford the same thing, if they wanted to.
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