cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/542559
The irrational way of ressource allocation and oganization of production inherent in capitalism leads to wasted economic potential in pursuit of personal gain and profits, instead of democratizing the workplace, improving living standards and reducing work hours. We waste the potential found in automation on producing mostly useless things that are designed to break in a few years, while also threatening the job security of countless of working people instead of shortening the work week with same or increased pay.
Can you guys please fuck off with those communism bullshit?
My man, what did you think the dot ML stood for?
you can block me if you don’t want to see my posts on main, I don’t have an issue with that
It’s not just you
I don’t think a planned economy can be good. East Germany had a planned economy when it was managed by the soviets and we are still recovering from that.
The problem with our current economy is not capitalism per se but more neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is what has allowed megacorps like Google and Amazon to exist and to take massive influence in politics. The free market needs to be regulated, businesses shoudn’t have as much influence on politics and there should be more social programs to help the weak.
While it is easy to hate capitalism and seek for other ideologies it will end up creating more harm. I don’t know if the current system is fixable or if we would need to overthrow the gouvernment to bring meaningful change but it currently looks like the latter is needed.
Who can look back from 20th century to now and say “i want some of that”
Probably most people, that had to live in poverty, through wars, and without advanced medicine and other tech?
I have had the “pleasure” to be born into one of those dystopian systems of govt. You are getting your information from the wrong places comrade
My comment seems to be written unclearly, or I misunderstood the parent comment… Anyway I’m against communism.
Literally living through war that tankies cheer for. With everything I managed to take with myself was a couple of hard drives and a spare clothes.
If anything that experience would make anyone want less government and their planning.
And what “advanced medicine and tech” are you talking about? That’s the things capitalist countries developed first (for the most part)
You’re delusional if you want back the system that most people who lived under it hate!
