Corporations get the most welfare & wealthy people use the most government services. When was the last time you needed OSHA to inspect your business operations? When was the last time you visited a foreign embassy or needed a water rescue from the Coast Guard?
Capitalism has been around - to the extent it has been around - for 300 years max. How do you explain how societies operated prior to that time if its capitalism's fault? Or do you think things were good in, for e.g., 17th century Europe?
Today's oligarchs are created by capitalism the ones in past systems were created by those systems which had the same class relationships to the means of production
I don’t know, dude. At most, we’re a quasi-capitalist society. Like, Elon Musk got rich through government subsidies and contracts. That's not capitalist. We bail out banks but not people. Again, that's not necessarily capitalism.
The systems before capitalism had the same power imballance and disregard for life from the ruling class. Capitalism is the current iteration of exploitative class society
The issue isn’t capitalism. If anything, capitalism is relatively better. I think the problem, largely, is humans. We're hierarchical.
It doesn’t mean we can’t/shouldn’t create a better society, but I think there'll always be a ruling class and we'd need to be uber alert to minimis÷ hierarchy.
I agree. That's why I think this obsession with capitalism is flawed. The issue isn't capitalism per se. The rich and powerful have always exploited others. Heck, look at ancient Egypt. Those people who built the pyramids didn't have paternity leave and whistleblower rights.
Industrialisation occurred under capitalism
Capitalism was an improvement on feudalism for a time now everything is going to shit for everyone who isn't a parasite (capitalist) this was predicted over 200 years ago but liberals disappeared people that spoke up about it paving the way for fascism
I'm driving deliveries of "Reject draconian budget; a billionaire tax giveaway burdening everyday Americans" to elected officials and would really like you to send it to yours too, it's really easy and takes about 2 minutes from your phone: https://resist.bot/petitions/PLVRFB
Careful, using words or phrasing like "parasite" might make you the bad guys in democrats narrative. It is the language of Netanyahu, Drumpf, and another figure of history.
Spot on. Ask yourself: what do they contribute to society? They buy their way out of paying taxes, they look at ways of producing things with as little human input as possible and pollute and destroy everything they come into contact with. Tax payers bail them out when they fail.
It's all a corrupt circle jerk between corporate-owned media that takes ad money from corporate owner-donors who bribe elected officials in both parties while gaslighting people to believe everything's red v blue instead of the truth - the elitist predatory class v everyone else.
It is indeed, add exploitation, deprivation of basic human dignity and effectively you create a dependency society where the mega wealthy contribute next to nothing but give the impression that the poor owe their existence to them. What tax has Tesla or Musk paid recently?
What has Musk given to society? What has any of those parasites in the Trump administration given back? The swamp Trump spoke of didn’t exist until he created and stocked it. Now we have a habitat where criminality reigns supreme with the biggest of them all in charge.
More people need to recognize we're all forced on this planet due to other people's decisions into a socio-economic system we never agreed to beforehand.
We live in the United Corporations of America and have been fucked since Henry Wallace was forced out as FDR's VP. ✌🏻
To be fair, they are not all as bad as this lot. I am thinking of Bill Gates, who is doing his very best to do good things & who will be donating most of his fortune to good causes. He is one of the good guys, while Elon Musk is the worst possible example of the billionaire class.
But, while Bill Gates is a good guy, he has become the exception rather than the rule & communities should be sharing power rather than corporations that have become far too greedy for the common good.
To my mind, we should be following the example of Scandinavian countries that have much more equal societies & are doing much better than the rest of us. But they are now under threat from the likes of Trump & Musk. :(
Really? Obviously, it was an extremely bad choice in retrospect! Prince Andrew had been taken in, too. Prince Andrew obviously had incriminating pictures. Were there any similarly suspicious circumstances re Bill Gates apart from his retrospective poor choice of a "mate"?
But unlike other parasitic worms, instead of eating away at the brains of just one Kennedy, they have infected and are eating away the brains of the entire Republican party and all of the Maga crowd.
The super rich, like the aristocracy, don't care about you.
You are a way of accumulating wealth.
You are units of production.
If killing us gets them wealth that's OKAY.
We are here so they can grind our bones to make their bread.
Are we ready yet?
We need to withhold our end of the social contract until our demands are met. We do that with a #generalstrike
Are we ready to #generalstrike yet. #mutualaid @generalstrikeus.bsky.social https://generalstrikeus.com
They live and thrive off the labor of others. They could not last a week on their own without their billions. They cannot even function on the most basic levels without people serving them. They are useless.
Falls in line with the 2011 NDAA. Declares the US as an active battleground. Allows US government to INDEFINITELY DETAIN ANYONE FOR ANY REASON WITH NO DUE PROCESS.
EAT THE RICH. One billionaire's wealth, released back into the economy where it belongs, could generate one heck of a lot of economic activity and thus economic growth.
I would love to slap stickers like this everywhere. Alas i don't live in a city so it's not practical to advertise opinions to the wildlife. I'm proud of those who can do this!
I truly believe Musk's goal in all of this is to become the world's first trillionyonire by finagleing lucrative government contracts and scyponing off money from the treasury.
It's called Capitalist class/Bourgeoisie There's nothing called "Billionaire class" and the Bourgeoisie is way bigger than just a few tech bro Billionaires.
OK! I’m officially sick of this progressive line.
Billionaires are NOT the problem. Learn the difference between commerce and exploitation.
Exploitation is NOT on workers, it’s on tax payers.
Selling $1B worth of things is success.
Lobbying for $1B in handouts is parasitical.
You know it is fascinating that Trump has had a hand in bankrupting or having his close companions end up in jail. I think I would avoid getting involved with him to avoid a total loss of money, dignity, respect and freedom to serve this waste of a man. Losing your soul is the first thing to go.
My oldest daughter suggests that on December 31st of each year, the 10 wealthiest people / families on the planet are incarcerated for life and all funds redistributed.
After the first year, the next will be a gong show watching them divest.
Oh! Oh! Oh! We love stickers over here! This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. You got me like 😍. We love stickers so much that we even made free protest sticker sheets you can print at home! It’s easy Sticker everything!
Christ, imagine walking through a tall grass field, getting home and going to have a shower, taking off your shirt, and finding twenty of THOSE clinging to you and sucking your vital bodily fluids.
In the Graph below; everything inbetween the two lines in 100% consumed by billionaires... for decades... and the divide between those two lines are the root cause of most problems in society nowdays.
I been sayin’ that since… for-freakin’-ever!! And yet, they continue - UNABATED - to suck the country’s Treasury dry with GOP’s blessing.
Appears that’s just our lot in life since there is NO MEANS OF STOPPING the theft!!
Narcissistic authoritarian felon sociopathic pathological liar tyrant wannabe king is bankrupting our government by dismantling, weakening it and tanking global economy so he can have COMPLETE CONTROL. Fascist oligarchy can't survive when confronted with worker solidarity! Nip them in the bud. NOW!!
So you don't like the American capitalist system - OK -
change it.
BUT
democratic results suggest this is a minority take...
with most people just wanting to be billionaires themselves.
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They're parasites because capitalism systemically incentivises and rewards obscene greed and disregard for life
Capitalism has been around - to the extent it has been around - for 300 years max. How do you explain how societies operated prior to that time if its capitalism's fault? Or do you think things were good in, for e.g., 17th century Europe?
The issue isn’t capitalism. If anything, capitalism is relatively better. I think the problem, largely, is humans. We're hierarchical.
It doesn’t mean we can’t/shouldn’t create a better society, but I think there'll always be a ruling class and we'd need to be uber alert to minimis÷ hierarchy.
We systemically incentivise and greatly reward obscene greed and disregard for life through the commodification of everything
you are a battery for a capitalists profit extracting machine you will be used until your energy output drops than you will be cast aside
Which is rather an anomaly, and skews the picture.
Because that has been rather well documented also.
It is also rather well understood that before industrialization at the hands of Capital, people were more self-sufficient.
No one wanted to work in hazardous environments for starvation wages.
And, look, I'm no expert, but the argument that things were better before capitalism came along sounds dodgy as fuuuuuck.
Capitalism was an improvement on feudalism for a time now everything is going to shit for everyone who isn't a parasite (capitalist) this was predicted over 200 years ago but liberals disappeared people that spoke up about it paving the way for fascism
Collaboration among the Masters was disastrous even in his time, he feared corporate influence in politics.
And it would barely be hyperbolic to say that he invented the Free Market as a concept.
Those are advantages.
The needs of the factories led to the seizing of the commons, the output of the factories brought down independent artisans & farmers.
The consolidation of wealth in the hands in the few accelerate with each technological breakthrough, as they own the tech.
None of this is the least bit controversial among historians.
That it was done at the hands of Capitalists is likewise well known.
Using paper ballots and end to end technology will secure elections and end the elite.
https://www.electionguard.vote
We've been portraying vampires as out-of-touch bloodsucking nobles for decades now
They always want more...
It's infuriating!
More people need to recognize we're all forced on this planet due to other people's decisions into a socio-economic system we never agreed to beforehand.
We live in the United Corporations of America and have been fucked since Henry Wallace was forced out as FDR's VP. ✌🏻
Trump is doing this as payback for their donations that helped get him elected with LIES
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969
We have come far
Having democratic rights, like 'workers on boards' is essentially the next evolution
More power to workers essentially
Unions are these outside, unofficial groups that can be suppressed
The super rich, like the aristocracy, don't care about you.
You are a way of accumulating wealth.
You are units of production.
If killing us gets them wealth that's OKAY.
We are here so they can grind our bones to make their bread.
NEVER FORGET
THEY DON'T CONSIDER US HUMAN......
We need to withhold our end of the social contract until our demands are met. We do that with a #generalstrike
Are we ready to #generalstrike yet. #mutualaid @generalstrikeus.bsky.social https://generalstrikeus.com
They live and thrive off the labor of others. They could not last a week on their own without their billions. They cannot even function on the most basic levels without people serving them. They are useless.
Elon is not unique in moving his fangs to gub'ment and influencing it to keep the blood flow
Billionaires are NOT the problem. Learn the difference between commerce and exploitation.
Exploitation is NOT on workers, it’s on tax payers.
Selling $1B worth of things is success.
Lobbying for $1B in handouts is parasitical.
Project 2025 must be destroyed. Demolished. Wiped from the face of the earth.
"He who acts to save his country from tyranny, domestic terrorism, Project 2025, and radical right wing criminals, violates no laws.”
We need pesticide!
The French knew it in the 1800s
And heads rolled.
EXACTLY 💯
EXACTLY 💯
After the first year, the next will be a gong show watching them divest.
and the boil on societies ass...
*Fuck Nazis*
Appears that’s just our lot in life since there is NO MEANS OF STOPPING the theft!!
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/future-of-the-democratic-party/333721
change it.
BUT
democratic results suggest this is a minority take...
with most people just wanting to be billionaires themselves.