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Comrade, I strongly encourage you to speak to people who grew up outside of capitalism (like me, born in the USSR, in 1981) if you want to talk about intolerabl
by xyzelement 4y ago
Comrade, I strongly encourage you to speak to people who grew up outside of capitalism (like me, born in the USSR, in 1981) if you want to talk about intolerable lives.
Capitalism gives you a chance. It is your perverse defeated attitude that prevents you from even trying. So you complain about outcomes.
- hotpotamus 4y agoYou would then find this Nihilistic attitude acceptable in a non-capitalistic country?
- xyzelement 4y agoNo because it still doesn't serve you. Some people still strived for better lives, just with much lower return on investment. And then get the fuck out to the West when you can.
- hotpotamus 4y agoAnd how did you measure who had the best life in such a system?
- xyzelement 4y agoEasy comparison: Level 1: dead from alcoholism before 40. Level 2: share a "communal apartment" with 3 other families. Level 3: work your way into being able to bribe someone to expedite your own apartment to only a 20 year wait. Still suffer shortages of food and basics, no hot water. Level 4: emigrate to the West and exceed all that within 5 years, even though you started from zero Very easily measurement
- hotpotamus 4y agoI'm inclined to wonder why they needed communal apartments. I assume because there weren't enough to go around to supply everyone with one. Interestingly, it would seem that we also lack supply in the modern US, but our solution is just to kick people out on the street. It sounds like lifespan and ability to obtain independent living arrangements factor heavily into your KPIs, and it's interesting then that both seem to be in decline in the US.