Its hard to decry the evils of capitalism when there’s never been any other successful systems. Id like to hear your thoughts.

This’ll be a doozy.

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    It amazes me how many people just think capitalism means earning money and owning things and don’t realize it is about having a minority ownership class that literally uses everyone else as a disposable resource.

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      But you don’t need capitalism for a minority ruling class to treat everyone under their control as a disposable resource.

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        Yes, but you also don’t need a minority ruling class to treat everyone under their control as a disposable resource in order to be able to have money and buy things.

        Instead of a system where money is power, let’s craft one where people have power. We do that by regulating away the capitalists.

        “But other people who tried that ended up with despots!” Yes, well, despots will always try to take control, let’s build a society that doesn’t let them.