whydoibother

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by whydoibother 5y ago
There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
This makes no sense.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
It's not arbitrary when black folk were specifically enslaved and segregated due to the color of their skin, and therefore developed a culture around that shared experience. If we enslaved people based on their baldness for a few centu
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by whydoibother 6y ago
That doesn't follow from what I said at all. But you pretty clearly aren't trying to discuss in good faith, so there isn't much point in arguing.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
No, it isn't. British in India were colonizers who sought to divide and subjugate the Indian population. The PoC who live in Europe aren't there to colonize it. They are part of the population and therefore the culture.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Who cares who invented it? Do you think babbage designed the fabs TSMC uses now?
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by whydoibother 6y ago
You said it. European culture. PoC have lived in Europe for ages. So, no, you can't say 'European/white', as that erases huge groups of people and is factually wrong.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
People are buying them to resell to all the chuds. It’s not some grand plot.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
How is that the most important part? Slavery is already illegal outside of prisons. You know very well this is so companies can cut employees whenever they need to and not face legal repercussions.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
How is fiat on the way out? Seems like a bold claim to make with no evidence. Also, how do you tackle the environmental effects of crypto?
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Does the concept of a collective confuse you?
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by whydoibother 6y ago
I'm not here to propose alternatives. Merely to call out some worship of capitalism. Smarter people have written about alternatives. Maybe join the Marxist group at your school and you might learn some! > Why did the colonials, when
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Where did all this prosperity happen if the US isn't a capitalist country? Give an example of what you consider a capitalist country, please.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
> They are able to choose to do those things because capitalism has created massive surpluses that allow people to survive on a relatively small amount of labor. This creates a surplus that can be directed towards leisure or given to the
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Capitalism doesn't fuel everything. People do things for lots of reasons outside of money or generating surplus. The problem isn't social norms. The problem is untethered capitalism allows concentrations of wealth and power with n
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Capitalism fuels imperialism, and fascism.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
You’re ignoring the material conditions of people since 2000. The steady decline of that is more likely to do with suicide rates than failures of psychiatry.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
The lazy worker argument applies to any job. I work in a F500 and have 'lazy' coworkers. I can't just go to my manager and get them fired.
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by whydoibother 6y ago
So... the same as most corps?
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by whydoibother 6y ago
Everything you said negative about them applies to corporations as well. Not sure why you single unions out on this.