I have three cats. Only one ever showed interest in outside, so we got him a harness and leash. He loves it, the best treat in the world. Now we live somewhere with a fenced in back yard, so we let him out with no leash on supervised play times, and one of his sisters has shown an interest so she comes with us into the yard. When we can't be with them as supervision, they stay inside. Not so different from a small child.

We also play with them all daily and are currently building an elaborate climbing wall to keep them entertained better during the sweltering heat of summer. At no occasion do they need the opportunity to murder in order to be happy.

Most Americans have less than $1000 in savings. Unless you live day trip distance from something most people won't ever see it.

I'm from hexbear, people are critical of it all the time on hexbear. You just can't criticize China and not know the people there are far better off than those in the US

Or less for less. I know a woman who is a manager of a dialysis clinic, as soon as she was making over 100k she started getting pushback from higher ups, having more oversight, and having her funds for extra services to patients / staff cut. It's clear they want her out even though she has the lowest mortality in the region, because they don't need more than beds filled (Medicaid pays) and legally required minimums to be met.

As opposed to the corrupt oligarchies liberal states are.... I guess you just don't call it corruption when it's working as intended.

This just made China's system click in my mind. Thanks Awoo

Socialism is also an economic system.

I mean, some (most? Idk) of the means of production are owned by the state (ostensibly a proxy for the people, I'd rather it was more direct but the government has consistently high approval so I'll give it a pass) and those are clearly socialistic.

But there are certainly factories and what not owned by capitalists, and as that accounts for much of the production that goes on in China, and as these products are not destined to serve the public weal but rather to be sent abroad as bits and bobs to be sold and promptly thrown away as serves global capital, I really don't get the desire to not call this capitalism.

China, to me, has a very clear mixed economy with elements of both socialism and capitalism.

And still letting Comcast set the prices

The Dems are capitalists they have much more in common with Republicans than they do with my beliefs

Yes, by logging off.

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