The wholesale membership big-box chain Costco is suing the Trump administration, demanding a refund on its tariff expenses.According to NBC News, "The company said in a Nov. 28 filing that it is seeking a 'full refund' of all ... duties paid as a result of President Donald Trump's executive order wh...
Costco is pretty much the only “good” giant conglomerated multinational corporation it seems.
I kind of think that Costco is a small bit of proof for how the problems in the world are not caused by an economic ideology, but by people. It’s just that capitalism rewards the worst actions taken by the worst people. If there were fewer selfish pieces of shit, if CEOs were willing to actually pay their employees better wages without pressure, if billionaires didn’t exist because they’d already given away their money to actually fix the world’s problems, then we wouldn’t have most of our issues. That world has not, does not, and will not exist. The only way to build a better one is by fighting for it. I’m going to get downvoted to hell, aren’t I? Oh, yeah, socialism is cool, you should do that.
It’s just that capitalism rewards the worst actions taken by the worst people.
Um, unregulated garbage late stage capitalism sure. Maybe that’s all capitalism, because it does seem like it degenerates to that in every case. 🤷
The only way to build a better one is by fighting for it.
That’s exactly what democratic socialism is. It’s the fight for a better world.
It’s funny to me that folks can easily see the flaws in “the other side” but never their own side. Like, pretty obviously communism sucks in reality (the theory is well meaning) because you “have” to go through single-party socialism first, and once people get power they’re unlikely to ever give it up, but just as obviously capitalism sucks in reality because if a business has too much money and no government is enforcing antitrust it can buy up all of the competition.
That’s why you’re better off with a compromise. That compromise, IMO, is democratic socialism.
You’re right, but that’s also the point of why people say capitalism is bad. It rewards the worst people. The goals are not aligned with doing good. It’s aligned with maximizing exploitation, whether that’s resources or people (aka human resources, if you didn’t know what they think of you).
It isn’t capitalism that causes issues. It’s that the system rewards those who cause the issues. It doesn’t do anything on its own.
I kind of think that Costco is a small bit of proof for how the problems in the world are not caused by an economic ideology, but by people. It’s just that capitalism rewards the worst actions taken by the worst people. If there were fewer selfish pieces of shit, if CEOs were willing to actually pay their employees better wages without pressure, if billionaires didn’t exist because they’d already given away their money to actually fix the world’s problems, then we wouldn’t have most of our issues. That world has not, does not, and will not exist. The only way to build a better one is by fighting for it. I’m going to get downvoted to hell, aren’t I? Oh, yeah, socialism is cool, you should do that.
Um, unregulated garbage late stage capitalism sure. Maybe that’s all capitalism, because it does seem like it degenerates to that in every case. 🤷
That’s exactly what democratic socialism is. It’s the fight for a better world.
It’s funny to me that folks can easily see the flaws in “the other side” but never their own side. Like, pretty obviously communism sucks in reality (the theory is well meaning) because you “have” to go through single-party socialism first, and once people get power they’re unlikely to ever give it up, but just as obviously capitalism sucks in reality because if a business has too much money and no government is enforcing antitrust it can buy up all of the competition.
That’s why you’re better off with a compromise. That compromise, IMO, is democratic socialism.
You’re right, but that’s also the point of why people say capitalism is bad. It rewards the worst people. The goals are not aligned with doing good. It’s aligned with maximizing exploitation, whether that’s resources or people (aka human resources, if you didn’t know what they think of you).
It isn’t capitalism that causes issues. It’s that the system rewards those who cause the issues. It doesn’t do anything on its own.