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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 94 points 1 week ago (16 children)

capitalism wouldn't be so bad without the corrupt bloated shitheel scumbag fucking christofascligarchs

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 153 points 1 week ago (35 children)

Capitalism grantees they rise to power.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

systematic removal of regulations and consequences has enabled greedy corporate dickbacks to sieze power.

systems are made of people. To make a better system, you need better people.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

You're wrong. Capitalism is, by definition, a "winner takes it all" system. The logical endpoint of competition between private entities is the consolidation of one of those entities, and once economy of scale plays a role, reversing that is almost impossible. And once a private entity has significantly more economic power than the others, it can manipulate regulations and consequences. Capitalism explicitly rewards by design being greedy

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yes, and that's capitalism. The regulations are antithetical to capitalism, but they're also the only thing keeping us slightly safe from it. Yes, making capitalism less capitalist makes it a lot better. We can have a better system that's just better, with the people that exist.

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

The Supreme Court specifically, they gave US citizens united, and then unlimited executive power. Now we’re fucked being most hope.

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[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They always do, regardless of the economic system.

[–] sudo@programming.dev 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would not describe any communist or socialist leader as a Christian Fascist Oligarch.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Usually they’re just regular old Fascist Oligarchs

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Capitalism ultimately rots into authoritarianism through wealth accumulation.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Capitalism is always bad, because capitalism is where an ownership class who does no work leeches from a working class who owns nothing.

Don’t confuse free markets with capitalism, they’re different.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Genuine question. How do you have free markets without the existence of capital and the pursuit of its accumulation?

The definition of capitalism per the dictionary is:

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

How do you have free trade without people who own things trading them?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Capital has existed far longer than capitalism has.

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[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago

That’s what capitalism is.

Anarchists still believe in trade.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Capitalism is the accumulation and hoarding of wealth at all costs. Exploitation and abuse are foundational concepts. There is no ethical or moral version of such a system, and so no version of it that “wouldn’t be so bad.” It is immorality and evil distilled into a code of conduct.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a reason capitalism is essentially counter to the teachings of all major world religions, many of which are extremely authoritarian in their own way.

One aspect of modern capitalism is predatory loans, which every Abrahamic religion has writings against.

It's pretty telling most religions would not go as far as "poor people can go fuck themselves" despite being used to control people through fear over millenia but the end game of unchecked capitalism is truly as simple as "poor people can go fuck themselves"

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Corruption is an inherent part of capitalism

[–] sudo@programming.dev 24 points 1 week ago

corrupt bloated shitheel scumbag fucking christofascligarchs

AKA the inventors and vanguard of capitalism.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Capitalism only works when heavily regulated, because human greed is a cancer to everything it touches.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

That regulation is antithetical to capitalism. Yes, it's the only thing that keeps it functioning in a reasonable manner, but that's just an indication capitalism is bad.

Yes, less capitalist capitalism is better than more capitalist capitalism. Maybe we should just have none.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the problem. The system prioritizes wealth accumulation above all else. When you build a society that views wealth as the highest state of being then those regulatory systems will eventually be bought out.

There may well be no such thing as a sustainable regulated capitalism, especially when we've normalized the monetization of everything.

[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

That's saying a grilled cheese wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have cheese. At that point it ain't a grilled cheese anymore so why even try to defend it in the first place? Just eat some god damn bread

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Gee I wonder why a system that rewards people for being corrupt … oligarchs keeps producing corrupt … oligarchs?

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