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  • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldtotumblr@lemmy.worldEvident
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    2 months ago

    Ofc but those rules are there by design and are natural to the system

    If the many have the control then it is hard for any one individual to gain control and rig the system for himself, because the many can kick him out

    With capitalism you don’t have this natural control. You put in checks and balances that will fail eventually as they always did and then you’re screwed.


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    2 months ago

    It doesn’t because the power and needs of the many are aligned in socialism and that’s not the case in capitalism

    Within capitalism you need checks and balances so that the ruling class aka capitalist class doesn’t put their “needs” (more like desires”) above the needs of the majority

    Within socialism the ruling class is the majority by definition they can’t exploit the system in their favor because that’s literally how it’s supposed to work.

    So no, it’s very different


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    2 months ago

    Capitalism that you mention that could work was the capitalism we had until the 70s and it’s what lead us to the late stage capitalism we have today

    Even if you reset you will end up at this stage because accumulation of wealth and thus power will always occur and then the capitalist class has both the means and incentive to change the rules of the system and then they get more wealth and power etc etc

    You can’t guard it unless you have power and under capitalism you don’t.

    You gave the loaded gun to the capitalist class and then try to force them to do the “right” thing and not use the gun for bad stuff, except they have the gun… they’re not going to listen to you