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[-] NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] hashferret@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ah. We need an anarchist state so we can give capitalism a proper go /s

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

The term was specifically created to describe the status quo when Karl Marx was knocking about.

[-] NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If true communism has never existed, then wouldnt it stand to reason that capitalism hasn't either? You cannot buy drugs etc legally. I'm talking about snow crash/BioShock capitalism.

I was trying to say that neither extreme has been tried, although we are damn close

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m talking about snow crash/BioShock capitalism.

Oh. Well I'm not, haha. Capitalism for me is when the means of production is in private hands and the owner employs people to do the labour for a fraction of the value of the end product in order to make a profit. That quite accurately describes the current status quo, I think!

I was trying to say that neither extreme has been tried, although we are damn close

Well okay, point taken.

[-] rchive@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't believe that, but it's certainly true that some people compare real world capitalism and hypothetical utopian communism, etc., which is obviously not a serious comparison.

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