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[-] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago

touch that terror and loathing of any difference that lives here. See whose face it wears. Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices.”

What does that mean? I can read it in too many directions.

IMO using the system in a way that abuses the system only perpetuates another system of abuse.

That's what currently is happening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

More competition is needed, more market economy, to make the system fair again. It's not abusing the system to start a business.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

No, it's just using the system as it is intended. But most businesses fail.

We need to abolish the system.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

But most businesses fail.

That's ok. It's possible to invest in more than one company.

We need to abolish the system.

And do what?

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

Good old communism.

No advertising, no stocks, no fucking with money at all.

First step is to house and feed everyone, and build rails all over the world, to stop the car brain rot.

Then we figure out what's next.

this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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