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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This question is being posed to centrists and conservatives, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Liberals too, I would imagine. Maybe even SocDems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Hey, that meme looks familiar...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Remember when Barbie didn't end with Will Farrells head in the guillotine?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ugh you just reminded me of one of the right's comic strips where women put men's balls in a guillotine with "the left wants to do this" idea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I mean, I think Mattel probably would have hard vetoed that. I'm honestly shocked they got the fascist line in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

I don't think about this at all. My parents are from the former Soviet Union and I actually heard from them how life there was (mostly not great).

Also I think that fearing socialism is a very American thing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This thread is lit. I'm going to list 4 arrangements of the economy. If you are interested in participating, name what you think each one is:

1: A small group of people own the lands that are worked by another group of people. The leader of these owners is chosen via divine right. The people who work the land keep what they make, however for protection they must work other lands and do not keep what is made from them

  1. A small group of people hold dominion of a large group of people. The large group must work for food, lodging, etc. and are forced to do so by the threat of death and physical punishment. They do not get to keep what they make, the economic situation is determined by the generosity of those who hole dominion over them

  2. A small group of people own the majority of wealth in the form of businesses, factories, goods, etc. They purchase the time of a much larger group of people who sell their labour to make ends meet. The small group decides what to do with the excess goods, services, and money.

  3. A large group of people own the businesses, factories, goods, etc. These people work to make ends meet and decide collectively (democratically or through other means) what to do with the excess goods services, money, etc.

I hope these are both clear and vague enough. Good luck!

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