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Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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Socialism is when the government does stuff

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Socialism is when the government does stuff

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Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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Honestly everything they write is a banger https://hexbear.net/comment/3786007

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  • Judge_Jury [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Inside of you there are three wolves. None of them have read Marx

    Read Marx.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      I will never read. I’m not even reading this site, I’ve hooked it up to a TTS-machine that slavishly reads out all text on the page. It does not follow linebreaks, instead it breaks up the entire screen on horizontal lines and then reads out each letter individually. When every letter had been pronounced individually it scrolls down then continues until the thread has been emptied. I then gather each letter in my mind palace and parse their meaning. Thus I avoid liberalism

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        I asked my mom and she’s a highschool teacher and she says this still counts as reading

        sorry

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          NOOOOO

  • mkultrawide [any]@hexbear.net
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    Capitalism is when you have treats.

    Socialism is when you have a treat.

    Communism is when Stalin eats your treat with his spoon.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      porky-scared-flipped stalin-spoonstalin-gun-2

      • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        gunspoon

        its beautiful

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Capitalism is where everything is owned by an individual

    porky-scared That’s just not fair! Everything is split between 4 or 5 of us at least!

    …

    porky-happy For the time being

    • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      was gonna say that, bit of an unintentional admission when they say “an individual” as opposed to “individuals”

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    When your political understanding doesn’t extend past the “Two Cows” poster in middle school.

  • NewLeaf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I saw communism defined on reddit-logo today as “when one corporation owns everything and the people suffer under it” as opposed to now where a small few own everything and make us suffer.

    Did not engage.

    • Redcat [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      just ask ‘what if two corporations own everything’

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        For whatever reason, the conversation didn’t center around the idea that corporations shouldn’t own everything. Steering it there was just going to get me nowhere. I have a head cold today, so if I wade back into that comments thread somehow, I’ll post a link.

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          just sound them out for how many corporations owning everything is fine with them. is it 6 or maybe 7? because thats about right nowadays.

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            For real.

            All you ever get when you expose their ignorance is “that’s Russian talking points, sweaty” maybe-later-kiddo

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    The politics understander has logged on. very-smart

  • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    The marxism understanders have arrived

    be afraid, liberals

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    I am genuinely curious how they came to this conclusion.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      Well I did hide the full story, they were actually correcting another users idea of what capitalism, socialism and communism is

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        mao-wave

        • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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          I upbeared you after, I swear sweat

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      It’s entirely possible they were literally taught exactly that in a poli-sci class, or at least a highschool civics class. All of those are just basically just brainworm infestation programs.

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        Imagine studying poli-sci. “Yes I have a master’s in being propagandized”

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    socialism-is-when

  • robinn2 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I am an inch away from making calls to violence

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      Ummm violence doesn’t solve anything sweetie we need to debate them in the marketplace of ideas maybe-later-honey maybe-later-kiddo

    • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      I started studying Masonry so I can start building the execution wall

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    Isn’t like it more like.

    Captlism class distinctions And no worker control or worker democracy

    Socalism is you got worker control of stuff but you still have class distinctions, but worker democracy and a smaller state then under captliasm but still a state and there aren’t any captlist countrys lefts to challenge power.

    Communism is no class distinctions and even so far to say the completel removal of the state and outsourcing of democracy to technical abstractions.

    Something like that.

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      I gotta be honest and say that my eyes kinda glaze over once we’re past “who owns the means of production”. It’s so far off I am incapable of worrying about it. I just know that communism is working towards a classless, stateless and moneyless society and it’s a bit more complex than “when the government does stuff”

  • GivingEuropeASpook [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    And when the government does everything it’s communism

    ./s

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    Under communism i will be the Minister of Toothbrushes. only those able bodied workers with more than 20 teeth will be allowed to have them. toothpaste will be distributed at the state general store in pea-sized packets twice daily before meals. the only drink allowed will be orange juice.

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    Actually Commusim is not about … Oh wait, nevermind, you won’t understand, cause you choose to blindly believe

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      no no tell me, I wanna learn, give me some good sources and references please

      • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Praying rn he posts black book

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          They’ve sorta stopped responding as soon as I ask for any sources/proof/backup for their claims. It’s like a magic spell that scares away libs, it’s really impressive. It’s happened 6 or so times so far.

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            “No! You’re supposed to accept the status quo no matter what! You’re supposed to affirm my worldview, not challenge it!”

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      hey where are the sources and references? Why aren’t you sharing what you know? I really want to learn about communism please. All the people here just say that socialism is when the government does stuff, but then what is communism?

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        If you want proof communism is bad then here it is:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

        No I will not elaborate.

        smuglord

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          no-choice Damn I failed to consider that. I am converted to liberalism i-voted

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      uh

      have you read marx, cause I have and I don’t think you know what it means

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      Please help, I’ve dropped my glasses!

      I’m blind without my glasses!

      Won’t a white male savior please come and educate me on my politics?!

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      You showed those tankies smuglord

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      As opposed to liberals, who do not blindly believe, instead they see capitalism ravaging the world and burning down nature and say “hell yeah brother”. A better world is possible, to believe that doesn’t make you blind.

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    Under communism, man exploits man.
    Under capitalism, it’s the other way around.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      Communism did work for hundreds of millions of people

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      horsepoo-theory

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        Why does that look like an enemy from Fear and Hunger

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      wtf-am-i-reading

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      classic bit. but how about instead we engage in mutual cooperation on the basis of our common humanity and anyone who starts doin any explointing we simply shoot em?

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      You joke but that really is the full extent of some people’s poltical “education” if they’re “left” liberal

      The point of western poli sci is to universalize ignorance and obscure real conditions

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      me as hell when ive never read a book

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