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Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If any bad thing that happens under a nominally communist system is the fault of communism, then any bad thing that happens in a nominally capitalist system must be the fault of capitalism, right? Capitalism has an awful lot of slavery, genocide, apartheid, coloialism, wars of choice, and other evils to answer for, then.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    All typed on a device and shared over a network designed and facilitated by capitalism.

    It would be a whole lot easier for me to take you seriously if you actually lived what you preach.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The internet wasn't designed by Capitalism. It was a government funded program. It would be a lot easier for me to take you seriously of you didn't make shit up to prop up an ideology.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So the undersea cables, radio towers, satellites that are the very lifeblood of the Internet were the result of communism? Cause last I checked telecommunication networks and infrastructure are one of the most glaring examples of capitalism doing what it does best. The resources and will were all motivated by capitalism. If not for capitalism the Internet would have stayed a niche government program and not gained worldwide adoption.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    First off, just because something is developed in the public sector does not make it Communist. If you don't know what words mean, don't use them please. I don't have time to go over definitions.

    Secondly, the ground work for undersea cables, radio towers and satellites were indeed a direct result of work and funding from the public sector. The private sector wanted nothing to do with the internet until the mid 90's when enough work had been done that it was deemed "profitable".

    A better example of what Capitalism does best would be adding advertisements to the internet, or the fact that Americans pay more per megabit than any European country on average.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is not a valid argument ecause everything surrounding us is designed and facilitated by capitalism, and certainly all our electronics, there's no such thing as computers independent from capitalism. There weren't even in the soviet union. So it's not possible for this anon to actually live what they preach unless they went full anarcho-primitivism.

    Not that it would matter anyway, because you're allowed to criticize a system that you participate in.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So you're saying capitalism isn't the pure evil it's portrayed as here?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nothing here is portraying capitalism as pure evil, it's highlighting a problem that we currently have as a society. I find it really weird how eager you are to argue while not really having a point to make.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    Completely false. The implication of this post (and most posts here) is capitalism=bad and communism=good. Capitalism certainly has its faults, but comparing it to communism and portraying communism as the shining beacon on the hill is just laughable. Someone else here said it better than I ever could, "Communism's solution to homelessness is mass starvation". I just find it ridiculous that the very system which allows people the resources to sit around wasting time online is the system they constantly rail against.

    Answer me this, if this post ISN'T portraying capitalism as pure evil, but is instead simply highlighting a problem we have as a society, then why do I never see similar posts highlighting problems communist societies face? I only ever see communism being defended and/or held up as THE standard by which we should all strive.

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