1408
Unfathomably based (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 93 points 4 days ago

capitalism wouldn't be so bad without the corrupt bloated shitheel scumbag fucking christofascligarchs

[-] [email protected] 152 points 4 days ago

Capitalism grantees they rise to power.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

systematic removal of regulations and consequences has enabled greedy corporate dickbacks to sieze power.

systems are made of people. To make a better system, you need better people.

[-] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You're wrong. Capitalism is, by definition, a "winner takes it all" system. The logical endpoint of competition between private entities is the consolidation of one of those entities, and once economy of scale plays a role, reversing that is almost impossible. And once a private entity has significantly more economic power than the others, it can manipulate regulations and consequences. Capitalism explicitly rewards by design being greedy

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Yes, and that's capitalism. The regulations are antithetical to capitalism, but they're also the only thing keeping us slightly safe from it. Yes, making capitalism less capitalist makes it a lot better. We can have a better system that's just better, with the people that exist.

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The purpose of a system is what it does.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

They always do, regardless of the economic system.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

I would not describe any communist or socialist leader as a Christian Fascist Oligarch.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

Usually they’re just regular old Fascist Oligarchs

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (33 replies)
[-] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago

Capitalism ultimately rots into authoritarianism through wealth accumulation.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 4 days ago

Capitalism is always bad, because capitalism is where an ownership class who does no work leeches from a working class who owns nothing.

Don’t confuse free markets with capitalism, they’re different.

load more comments (23 replies)
[-] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago

Corruption is an inherent part of capitalism

[-] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago

That’s what capitalism is.

Anarchists still believe in trade.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago

Capitalism is the accumulation and hoarding of wealth at all costs. Exploitation and abuse are foundational concepts. There is no ethical or moral version of such a system, and so no version of it that “wouldn’t be so bad.” It is immorality and evil distilled into a code of conduct.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There's a reason capitalism is essentially counter to the teachings of all major world religions, many of which are extremely authoritarian in their own way.

One aspect of modern capitalism is predatory loans, which every Abrahamic religion has writings against.

It's pretty telling most religions would not go as far as "poor people can go fuck themselves" despite being used to control people through fear over millenia but the end game of unchecked capitalism is truly as simple as "poor people can go fuck themselves"

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

corrupt bloated shitheel scumbag fucking christofascligarchs

AKA the inventors and vanguard of capitalism.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

so … capitalism wouldn’t be so bad without … capitalism. Remember: all of what we see is bog standard capitalist formula.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

That's saying a grilled cheese wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have cheese. At that point it ain't a grilled cheese anymore so why even try to defend it in the first place? Just eat some god damn bread

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Capitalism only works when heavily regulated, because human greed is a cancer to everything it touches.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

This — if capitalism could be contained by government it would do nicely, but it ends up corrupting government so that it cannot function.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

That regulation is antithetical to capitalism. Yes, it's the only thing that keeps it functioning in a reasonable manner, but that's just an indication capitalism is bad.

Yes, less capitalist capitalism is better than more capitalist capitalism. Maybe we should just have none.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
load more comments (5 replies)
[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Gee I wonder why a system that rewards people for being corrupt … oligarchs keeps producing corrupt … oligarchs?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

capitalism is amazing as long as it not allowed to run rampant. stricter regulations and safety nets (usa) would make the whole risk/reward game of capitalism more palatable imo

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Salt and pepper make dog shit more palatable too. Instead of seeking to make bad things palatable, can we try something different instead?

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Please tell me, when exactly has capitalism been amazing?

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
1408 points (98.4% liked)

Political Memes

8730 readers
3359 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS