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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (20 children)

This is why I prefer socialism over capitalism.

In socialism, I’d be poor and have no choice of what I buy or eat but I can live and afford having children.

In capitalism, where you have freedom, the same rules applies to poor and rich citizens. The difference is that the rich can afford lawyers and are able to lobby to change/break the law on their favor. You don’t.

This is how the cost of living would go 100% up and you wage increase by 1.34% each year.

[–] razza856@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (15 children)

you do know that under a socialist system worker-owned companies would compete in the market right? you’d still have lots of choice lol

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I’m interested to know more.

Some people only think of bad vibes of the Soviet Union when anyone talk bad about capitalism.

In my country, we have free healthcare, free education, livable wages, free market.

We’re not capitalist tho. A mix of socialism and capitalism.

100% communism is bad, 100% capitalism is bad, 100% socialism is bad.

[–] razza856@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

socialism isn’t just “government owns/provides everything.

There are different flavours. One of which entails workers owning the companies they work for, rather than the state owning everything.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That is the point capitalists cannot comprehend.

Twitter have resources to crush small social media apps. Monopoly is a serious issue in capitalism.

If people own a company similar how lemmy is open source then they would have resources to fight back big corporations.

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