Muaddib

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[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

You should use Hexbear. There aren't any communists there. Just posers who think communism means supporting dictatorships.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I submit the price of eggs as evidence that if it were about self interest, there'd be a communist revolution tomorrow.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I have no interest in entertaining your false dichotomy.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I didn't choose this username for no reason

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The first one is true.

In democracy, the people rule society

In capitalism, the rich rule the economy

The economy always rules society

In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It's inherently unstable because it's self contradicting.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Those are so similar to each other in comparison with capitalism that at this stage, we mostly use the same words to describe both.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

You have power! You are responsible! You need to use that power. You need to make active choices in the world.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's the plot of an episode of Lower Decks

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's very important for computer club to be political

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's because demand is inelastic. Every household needs one. No more, no less.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

No. I recommended Lemmy to my friends, and they were all driven away by bad moderation, tankies, or transphobia within a day. They think I'm mad for using this site and surrounding myself with the people here.

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