Maybe the purpose of a system is what it does…
Maybe trying to lower the rate/efficiency of the baby-killing machine is the wrong approach…
Maybe you should be thinking about destroying it…

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    16 days ago

    of course, ron desantis loses to david duke in a landslide because everyone stayed home again - but moreover, the elections stopped actually counting the votes ever since 2028 and they only do it for the sake of keeping up appearances by then.

    • алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMEnglish
      5111·
      16 days ago

      It has always been a distraction. You always have only been able to choose between different representatives of capital

      bourgeois “democracy” is just a distraction to legitimise the dictatorship of capital

      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        92·
        14 days ago

        Not completely true. FDR legitimately fought for the working class and the capital class tried to organize a coup or have FDR killed: (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot)

        I would argue the biggest issue with liberal democracy under capitalism is that it has no solution to the growing wealth disparity. As the capitalists take full ownership over the economy, they have more and more power over the government. And now we have hit a tipping point where it may very well become a full dictatorship of the wealthy

      • underwire212@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        14 days ago

        Pretty much. I see it basically as our masters arguing over the best way to rule the peasants. Do we give them some crumbs so that they don’t outright revolt? Or do we just go full steam ahead with exploitation with full on force and violence?