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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
slartibartfastibast
argumate

Capitalism benefits from patriarchy, white supremacy, rape culture. These divide the working class, produce markets, etc. So capitalism cannot effectively end them.

I hear this a lot and I can’t help but notice that white supremacy and patriarchy have taken a lot of hits over the past 50 years or so and I don’t see anyone describing this period as being a setback for capitalism in fact the contrary

collapsedsquid

But have you noticed that right-wing political parties often have to lean on patriarchy and white supremacy to maintain their position?  Do parties that purely push free-market policies without the rest of that stuff do well? 

argumate

If you are forced to divide every possible political issue between two sides then you’re going to get incoherent results, so don’t do that.

slartibartfastibast

DESTROY THE POLITICAL BINARY

mitigatedchaos

DESTROY THE POLITICAL BINARY

QUEER THE POLITICAL BINARY

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bambamramfan
Humans are perfectly rational actors and no one would ever act to trick someone into signing a contract stating that they did not own their own dog. And if someone were vulnerable to that, they would deserve it, because even the smallest lapse in...
mitigatedchaos

Humans are perfectly rational actors and no one would ever act to trick someone into signing a contract stating that they did not own their own dog.  And if someone were vulnerable to that, they would deserve it, because even the smallest lapse in judgment is worthy of infinite punishment, because contracts are sacrosanct and worth far more that life or happiness.

Right?

grumbling politics
argumate
mitigatedchaos

Technically under Anarcho-Capitalism, it isn’t against the rules to create a really elaborate Communism theme park.

argumate

there isn’t anything in the rules that says a dog can’t be General Secretary of the Communist Party, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, President of the People’s Republic of China, 1st-ranked member of Politburo Standing Committee,

mitigatedchaos

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Please act reponsibly, have fun, and remember: the dream of Socialism begins with you!

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immanentizingeschatons
mitigatedchaos

Technically under Anarcho-Capitalism, it isn’t against the rules to create a really elaborate Communism theme park.

immanentizingeschatons

(disclaimer: am not an economist, middleish epistemic status, etc.)

Indeed, and this is a common argument used in their favor, which fair enough, but the problem is socialism is expensive, and unless they start out in control of a very large chunk of wealth and resources after the Revolution, they are not going to be able to accumulate enough to help everyone, like they could if they could redistribute property- after all, nothing like this has formed already, and AFAICT there is no law against it, atleast not everywhere…

mitigatedchaos

Honestly, I was just joking about how hilarious it would be to find Marxland™ in Ancapistan, complete with ironic Stalin posters and Modernist/Brutalist architecture.

I don’t actually want to live in or anywhere near the nightmare that Ancapistan would be.  I don’t even want to live in the society AnCaps think Ancapistan would be.

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drethelin

I like how the literal symbol of communism is actually two pieces of physical capital.

argumate

the workers own their own personal possessions and small tools, while tractors and the fields themselves are owned by the state on behalf of the workers.

anarchyinblack

How big can a tool be before it is state property?

Hand Drills?

Electric Drills?

Drill Presses?

Milling Machines?

mitigatedchaos

It’s determined dynamically according to the total capital of the commune, where the tool’s value is determined by a system of dynamic bidding split amongst the participants in order to determine the opportunity cost of the time and resources used to create and maintain it and - 

oops.

argumate

additional hammers and sickles can be exchanged for marxbucks!

mitigatedchaos

Marxland™ is an authentic recreation of the Communist™ Experience™, fun for the whole family!

Located only ten miles south of the Samsung-Sony Freedom Arcology in the area formerly known as New York City, Marxland brings the values of the past to life in the relatable, old-fashioned manner of direct physical experience. Harvest live Monsanto Simulcorn™ in the fields, share property communally, or engage in numerous classic human activities such steelworking and fishing right here in our scenic historical compound…

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anarchyinblack
drethelin

I like how the literal symbol of communism is actually two pieces of physical capital.

argumate

the workers own their own personal possessions and small tools, while tractors and the fields themselves are owned by the state on behalf of the workers.

anarchyinblack

How big can a tool be before it is state property?

Hand Drills?

Electric Drills?

Drill Presses?

Milling Machines?

mitigatedchaos

It’s determined dynamically according to the total capital of the commune, where the tool’s value is determined by a system of dynamic bidding split amongst the participants in order to determine the opportunity cost of the time and resources used to create and maintain it and - 

oops.

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