▲ 51 ▼ You don’t hate people. You hate capitalism. (tankie.tube) submitted 10 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/socialism@lemmy.ml 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (4 children) Capitalism comes from people who are capitalists. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* People are a product of the system they live under. We can look at the collapse of USSR as a concrete example here. All the same people who used to be productive members of society under the Soviet system became oligarchs once niches for exploitation opened up after the transition to capitalism. It's a systemic problem, not an individual one. That's what she's saying when she says you hate the material conditions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) And cake comes from people who are bakers. My feelings about cake are largely separate from my feelings about bakers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) Ummm no they're not. If the cake is bad who do you blame ?? The cake or the baker ?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago I'm not actually a fan of cake. There are some bakers I'm pretty into though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* People are a product of the system they live under. We can look at the collapse of USSR as a concrete example here. All the same people who used to be productive members of society under the Soviet system became oligarchs once niches for exploitation opened up after the transition to capitalism. It's a systemic problem, not an individual one. That's what she's saying when she says you hate the material conditions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) And cake comes from people who are bakers. My feelings about cake are largely separate from my feelings about bakers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) Ummm no they're not. If the cake is bad who do you blame ?? The cake or the baker ?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago I'm not actually a fan of cake. There are some bakers I'm pretty into though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) Ummm no they're not. If the cake is bad who do you blame ?? The cake or the baker ?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago I'm not actually a fan of cake. There are some bakers I'm pretty into though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago I'm not actually a fan of cake. There are some bakers I'm pretty into though. permalink fedilink source parent