VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day ago"Socialism will make life hard!" (Proceeds to show a picture of reality)discuss.onlineimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down114
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minus-squareTheFogan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 day ago And that’s the only intellectual critique of socialism I ever heard It almost is, until you watch 5 minutes of billionares talking and go “so these are the smarter guys that won’t fuck it up”.
minus-squareSchmoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·1 day agoHis critique carries the underlying assumption that private owners of the means of production are selected for their merit rather than nepotism, chance, corruption, and sociopathic tendencies.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoEven so, give the little guy a chance to fuck it up for once.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoBut they’re not fucking it up. They’re making it better for them. You’re not even on their radar
minus-squarevapordays@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoRight, as if things haven’t already been fucked up entirely in the default of capitalist ownership
It almost is, until you watch 5 minutes of billionares talking and go “so these are the smarter guys that won’t fuck it up”.
His critique carries the underlying assumption that private owners of the means of production are selected for their merit rather than nepotism, chance, corruption, and sociopathic tendencies.
Exactafuckingmundo
Even so, give the little guy a chance to fuck it up for once.
But they’re not fucking it up. They’re making it better for them. You’re not even on their radar
Right, as if things haven’t already been fucked up entirely in the default of capitalist ownership