[-] GhotiPhin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

True, but it is one of them

[-] GhotiPhin@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, communism isn't state-owned means of production as this post implied, it's democratic - that's one of the reasons the USSR model failed.

[-] GhotiPhin@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Inventors in the USSR were paid just as well, if not better than, their American counterparts. Mind you, this is not a defense of the USSR or authoritarian communism, Stalinism killed many people. However, maybe educate yourself on how these systems worked before critiquing them. A critique of communism does not negate critiques of capitalism.

Also - be careful with conflating inventors and capitalists. Inventors are often laborers who have their work profiteered by from the owning class - famously, Nikola Tesla lost control of his patent for DC motors and was left penniless as capitalists formed a new utility company.

[-] GhotiPhin@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the illustration is about gender dysphoria

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