cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1815cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1815external-linkBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netcm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square102fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoQuick! Name a negative life experience capitalists experience that socialists don’t.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBy “crippling” here you mean unable to participate in the market. That’s the thing that’s crippled when debt affects a person’s life. A socialist had no access to the market anyway. They’re born into that crippled state.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThere’s nothing capitalist about American healthcare. If we had a free market I’d be able to buy my antidepressants ($15/mo) without seeing a doctor ($120).
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt sounds like you’re describing a free market, not capitalism.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLeading to lack of material resources? Here’s some socialists feeling the effects of centrally-controlled economic distributuon:
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 years ago“It’s socialism when the government does things”
Quick! Name a negative life experience capitalists experience that socialists don’t.
Crippling medical debt.
Crippling student debt
By “crippling” here you mean unable to participate in the market. That’s the thing that’s crippled when debt affects a person’s life.
A socialist had no access to the market anyway. They’re born into that crippled state.
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There’s nothing capitalist about American healthcare. If we had a free market I’d be able to buy my antidepressants ($15/mo) without seeing a doctor ($120).
It sounds like you’re describing a free market, not capitalism.
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Raises below inflation
Leading to lack of material resources?
Here’s some socialists feeling the effects of centrally-controlled economic distributuon:
“It’s socialism when the government does things”