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by bbddg 8y ago
I'm fully agreed with this. The question is then what are the ways we can improve the working/living conditions of people around the world. The way workers around the world have fought for better conditions is by using their abili
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by bbddg 8y ago
What has more concentration of power, monarchies or representational democracies? I'm suggesting that we can create a new form of governing that further decentralizes power.
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by bbddg 8y ago
So "stagnant wages" was what you called an inaccurate catchphrase? >housing and healthcare, are the defacto most intervened and regulated markets of all. It is the state, in its magnificent regulatory capture, that its pushing
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by bbddg 8y ago
An Amazon warehouse being there is the reason they don't have many other options.
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by bbddg 8y ago
Uber for Unions :)
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by bbddg 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act_of_19...
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by bbddg 8y ago
> The problem with such nice catchphrases that are repeated over and over by interest groups is that they are inaccurate, and often end up advocating for even higher inequality. What specifically is an "inaccurate catchphrase"
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by bbddg 8y ago
I don't really know anything about the situation in Argentina but I don't think Unions are an unequivocal good no matter what form they take. Unions in many cases have leadership that don't have the interest of the workers at
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by bbddg 8y ago
Well now you're conflating extreme poverty with poverty. There are millions of people living in poverty in the united states. And you don't really need someone to be in complete poverty to exploit them. Also, the direction current
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by bbddg 8y ago
> Under capitalism there is no comparable tradition of massacring political enemies Are you saying there has never been a dictatorship or authoritarian government with a capitalist economy? Capitalism and socialism are economic systems,
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by bbddg 8y ago
I was just questioning the ideology of the person I replied to, not making a statement on the current situation. I'm trying to get people to see that the current situation is the result of organized labor, not some natural condition we
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by bbddg 8y ago
So you are against things like paid time off, 40-hour work week, weekends off, workplace safety/health standards, ect.?
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by bbddg 8y ago
Do you believe there should be minimum standards for working conditions?
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by bbddg 8y ago
How much do you think raw materials are going to cost in a world with free labor? What's to stop rich people from just buying up all the resources? With free labor they can use as much resources as they get their hands on. There are st
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by bbddg 8y ago
It might have had some effect but decline in Union membership and collective bargaining power are much more important. After all, we're seeing record profits and a massive transfer of wealth to the top 1%. If workers could effectively
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by bbddg 8y ago
Well maybe the problem is that you own part of the company instead of the people who actually work there.
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by bbddg 8y ago
Extreme poverty is defined as someone living on less than $1.25 a day. Do you think that exploitation isn't occurring as long as someone isn't living in extreme poverty?
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by bbddg 8y ago
This implies a world with unlimited energy and natural resources?
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by bbddg 8y ago
The fact that people are taking this memo at face value is insane. Facebook is obviously much more interested in making money off of people's data through advertising than to connect people. Further, it's dangerous to even rely on
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by bbddg 8y ago
I don't think he was even under oath.
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by bbddg 9y ago
I would point to Scandinavian countries as probably the best functioning economies in the world right now. They aren't socialist, but they're closer than the US is. The fear of Authoritarianism is a real threat under any system. T
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by bbddg 9y ago
Yeah thanks, I understand how it works. I happen to think it is a bad thing.
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by bbddg 9y ago
There's a difference between saying "Capitalism in America" vs the whole system of capitalism. That aside it's probably hyperbolic for me to claim that it "might not have even been possible." My point is that p
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by bbddg 9y ago
I'm not advocating for turning the US into the USSR. There are lessons to be learned, good and bad, from experiments in socialism. The US is turning into an Oligarchy and we can't even get socialized healthcare because people have
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by bbddg 9y ago
Back when people were trying to overthrow monarchies to introduce democracy and capitalism it didn't exactly go smoothly either. Capitalism in America might not have even been possible without the extensive use of slave labor and the g
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by bbddg 9y ago
Yeah I don't think you're individually wrong either, sorry if I came across that way. You're acting rationally in the world that we live in. I know socialism is a dirty word (especially around here) but I think as a society w
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by bbddg 9y ago
You don't think the constant drive for profit encourages people to indulge their worst qualities? I'm not saying that people can't be naturally selfish and narcissistic, but people can also naturally be kind, generous, and co
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by bbddg 9y ago
If that's true shouldn't we try to create an economy that doesn't actively reward those behaviors?
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by bbddg 9y ago
He doesn't pay them how much their work is worth. He pays less, that's how he makes money.
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by bbddg 9y ago
Certainly lots of technological progress has been made through exploitation but as we see automation taking more and more jobs, maybe we can end that cycle. This is how progress in society is made. See a problem in the world and try to make

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