• Czarrie@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    There is this belief by so many that somehow, if you create the perfect system, it will somehow overcome human nature or that humans will somehow starting acting collectively altruistic with the right political model.

    In most cases, they also imagine themselves in a position of power in this new government, either up in an upper “leadership” class or somehow silently leading “but I’m not a leader”, as if somehow the idea itself is so potent that people will just, you know, execute it flawlessly without intervention.

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      2 years ago

      2020s mfers be like “gather berries? Sorry, I’m too busy serving as a neuron in an intercontinental hive mind that poops abstract labor debt coupons, it’s human nature.”

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      2 years ago

      In most cases, they also imagine themselves in a position of power in this new government

      Where are you even pulling this from

      If you had a point it got lost in this fantasy claim you’ve made up here

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      2 years ago

      This is a dumb argument. There are clearly better and worse ways to organize a society. There’s no reason to believe capitalism is the best and plenty of reasons to believe it’s not.

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        2 years ago

        I haven’t heard of a better method than (properly regulated) capitalism. I’m open to one though.

        Communism and anarchism demonstrably don’t work, so don’t go there with me.

        Socialism I would consider a form of Capitalism (imo the best one).