• cobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Under capitalism, capital will always accumulate into the hands of the shareholders. Those with the capital will always find a way to influence politicians into deregulating, no matter how many anti-corruption measures you put in place. We’ve seen this happen over and over for as long as capitalism has existed.

    We need a fundamental change in the system that prevents capital from accumulating. That change would be socialism, where the workers collectively own the means of production, rather than it being owned privately by the shareholders.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      That change would be socialism, where the workers workers’ self-appointed representatives own the means of production, rather than it being owned privately by the shareholders.

      We’ve been down this road. We know where it ends.

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        16 hours ago

        If you would stop bending my words for a moment, you would realize that I’m advocating for direct ownership by the workers, not some phony representative democracy. Any system with hierarchies of decision-making power, even supposedly self-appointed ones, will always corrupt.

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      There are other ’non-nightmare–extinction-shit-show’ options than just the one, but its certainly better than our chosen path, that you¹ are choosing every moment you dont act, of nightmare extinction shit show.

      ¹the reader, that’s you.