Communism is a bunch of random people climbing on eachothers back and when one gets to the top he is expected to pull the others up. Which is great if he's a good person but most people aren't.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unlike capitalism, which is a bunch of random people climbing on eachothers back and when one gets to the top he is not expected to pull the others up.

[–] ikillpplalot@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But then he's valued more and gets tax breaks if he allows others to make him more money by producing value for him. Then he's a job creator for having ownership of the means of production.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

The whole idea of a "job creator" is hilarious. As if they're the ones who created the demand. If a job creator really created jobs, then layoffs wouldn't ever happen. Job facilitator would be generous.

[–] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago

hey look everybody, this guy has no god damn idea what he’s talking about and is only blindly peddling capitalist propaganda!

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago

That is not even close to what communism is. This strange analogy best fits the capitalist concept of trickle down economics. Someone will steal enough money from the workers to become a billionaire and then will give money back to the workers. This isn't and has never been an actual function of capitalism.

[–] Viatorem@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

What does this have to do with ladders