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If they could somehow monetize breathing, they would

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[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that's the thing, the same things were said about participatory goverment (democracy) and capitalism before they were implemented. Greece implemented participatory oligarchy and got conquered. Rome tried it out but resulted in dictatorship and fell apart. France wanted to abolish feudalism and ended in bloody tyranny... Reminds you of previous and current socialists experiments, doesn't it?

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