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1079d · Capitalism
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So what is a capitalism alternative? There are many economic systems that could result in "unfairness" or "inequality". Communism, a form of government, sure doesn't "fix" things.
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I believe attacks on capitalism like this is an attempt to enslave us all. I bet that long before capitalism, people still worried about becoming resource less (home, tools, food...)
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Yes. I think people worried about food, clothing & shelter no matter what society they lived in. There's capitalism AND there's being sacrificed to an angry god for no rain. #history.
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As for being paid less, it is so incredibly short sighted to just see it as an evil. It also is feedback to you. You can improve or find a new job.
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I have watched documentaries where people earn $1 a day for difficult manual labor. It's clear (in my eyes) they are exploited and that exploitation is evil. Know what I'm saying?
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I do. But exploitation/slavery has also existed since long before capitalism, exists in all govt systems, and in my view is very hard to stamp out completely (the brits did their best)
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To refine my earlier statement, yes, it is hard to actually get a better job/pay, but I think other systems tend more toward authoritarianism, increasing the tendency for exploitation.
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Like they say, "no communism without gulag (concentration camp)". Any planned economy will have someone on the top who see dirty work and people who can do it, but not their suffering.
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Many gov't systems "legally" allow WRONGDOING. Collective action - i.e. when people RISE UP.- can sometimes make our lives better. You can't stamp put all EVIL but you can fight it..
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Key word "sometimes". Also "pick your battles wisely". Last ~15 years, demonstrations seem to do very little good. And we have mass insanity, members of which also demonstrate i.e. BLM
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Mass insanity & mass shootings.
BLM & White Supremacists.
The combos cause a HELLUVA commotion.
At 60+ years of age, I don't know why I thought things would be better by NOW! (O.o)
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A plausible theory is that this can only be fixed by hard times. Strong men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times, hard times make strong men.
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Certainly the activist types are not gonna change their mind by being shown to be wrong. That only makes them crazier, and they think you have no heart, not that they need to rethink.
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I admire the passion activists bring to a cause. But it takes more than whipping a crowd into frenzy 2 accomplish the cause.. Protests R good tools 4 progress.But not the only tools.
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That's definitely plausible. My husband has passed away but, to his credit, when there was a crisis or hard times, he always rose to the challenge & together we overcame the struggle.
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It focuses people doesn't it, when survival is at stake. Suddenly everyone understands that we cannot afford to waste time on pretend issues like compelled use of made up pronouns.
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