Lots of bad takes in this thread.
Most people don’t even understand capitalism or socialism or even communism.
For a surface level understanding of capitalism, this video does a good job. https://youtu.be/C1Gs0uqqggc
Good video. People get caught up in words and ideas without realizing most of us want the same goals. Instead of demonizing the “other” for some emotional validation, we should strive to listen and learn. Educate the hate away.
There is no hate in saying this is r-worded good old trickle down theory that have been disproved times and times again. Basic economics is like basic biology. Simplistic.
Seriously, I spent 15 minutes watching this crap. I’ll never get them back. This is just cruel.
EDIT: the best part is when it stops.
There’s a paraphrased quote by John Steinbeck that I’ve frequently seen that comes to mind
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
Socialism never took root in America because people who tried to organize got shot.
Apart from some worker cooperatives socialism never took root anywhere.
Hum I would disagree.
First of all worker coops are pretty much everywhere. I could go to college for free and have healthcare because socialists who organized large scale strikes (they sometime then proceed to get shot by operation gladio). And then, quite a lot of country still pretend to be socialists. Oftentime with very real mutualities who actually helps people.
