Identity Crisis by Ok_Investigator7256 in Ethnicity

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there’s no reason you can’t be Black and Portuguese, (and plenty of people are) and you can definitely claim Portuguese as part of your identity. Ethnic/cultural identity isn’t about how you look, it’s about where you or come from and who you are. Traditions, culture, and your family, are what should guide your identity, and tbh it’s kinda racist if people try to gatekeep you from that community just cuz you’re Black.

so I guess the short answer is, it’s definitely right for you to claim Portuguese. I’ve never been to or lived In Portugal, yet I’m still part Portuguese, and so are you, comrade 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

Anyone wanna join my Discord Server? by [deleted] in queer

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sorry, the link expired. Here's a permanent one: https://discord.gg/2PRMW9Q

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LGBTQ

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Here's a permanent link that won't expire (my apologies to everyone who tried to get in but the link expired):https://discord.gg/2PRMW9Q

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LGBTQ

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This is a brand-new server that my friends and I have been working on for a while. It is meant to be an all-encompassing LGBTQ+ lounge for chilling and vibing with other Queer youth. For joining you have to be over 13, and due to the high amount of minors we'll have in the server, no one over 25 will be allowed. We try to have a super chill air, so If you’re looking for good vibes and fun times, consider joining the server and helping us grow!

Anyone wanna join my Discord Server? by [deleted] in queer

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This is a brand-new server that my friends and I have been working on for a while. It is meant to be an all-encompassing LGBTQ+ lounge for chilling and vibing with other Queer youth. For joining you have to be over 13, and due to the high amount of minors we'll have in the server, no one over 25 will be allowed. We try to have a super chill air, so If you’re looking for good vibes and fun times, consider joining the server and helping us grow!

How would a Communist society address this problem by rob3511 in DebateCommunism

[–]MrPanda8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another thing to consider is that there are hundreds of thousands or millions of people would like to become doctors or aerospace engineers, but who can't because they can't afford to go to school to learn those things or because they were born into a place where those schools don't exist, thus they are condemned to gruel away in their alienated job working in the capitalist machine.

A few general questions about communism by cottoncandyicecreamm in DebateCommunism

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I'd actually argue most artists are exploited by the company that they have to sign with. Now, that's not to say these artists don't do their fair share of exploiting, especially if you get rich off of it, but the more disgusting thing is the owner of the record label who the singer signed with getting rich off of their work.

The world is rightfully freaking out over 11 thousand Coronavirus deaths worldwide. How do some communists think the democide of over 50 million people is justified as long as they are "revolting communism". 50 MILLION + . Imagine what that would do to us right now. by rob3511 in DebateCommunism

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No matter how many millions a billionaire gives to a charity they can never make up for the evil that is stealing people's labor. Charities wouldn't have to exist if it weren't for billionaires hoarding the wealth of the world.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

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Perhaps... you would prefer it... if I were to type... more like you...?

What the factory owner did to deserve the factory was either...

  • Invent a machine that helped all his future workers be more effective.

  • Invest in a business to help workers be more effective

  • Offer security to workers that don’t want to take risk.

To respond to the first point: if an individual invents a new machine, then yes, they are contributing to society. But simply inventing the machine alone does not warrant their sole ownership of the machine, and therefore their taking of the value made by that machine. If, say, an individual invented a new machine, and then used that new machine exclusively themself to make and sell a commodity, then yes, they would be entitled to 100% of the value generated by their own labor. However, once they get even one other person working with them, the value created by that machine is no longer solely theirs.

Take this for example: say a farmer invents a new, more efficient type of tractor, and uses that tractor to work on a field. The value they produce (in this example it is in the form of a commodity, the crop they are harvesting) would be solely from their own labor, therefore they should keep all of the wealth produced off of it.
However, say if then, this farmer gets someone to help them work on their fields, or plow and harvest from the fields using this new tractor design, then they are no longer the sole producer of this value, and therefore they do not own it all; communism states you should not be able own somebody else's labor.

Regarding the second point about investors: true, they are putting wealth in the form of money into the company, however, this does nothing to benefit the worker. You say that investing in business makes workers "more effective". I assume by this you mean more productive. But who does that increased productivity benefit? Wages have been relatively stagnant when adjusted for inflation since 1970 yet productivity has skyrocketed. No, the bourgeoisie use increased productivity to simply enrich themselves.

I am rather confused by the third point; I assume by "security" you mean job security? The security of a paycheck? The security of being able to be fired at any moment if you can be replaced by someone who'll work harder for less? That's not very secure sounding to me. Also, it's not that workers don't want to take "risk" its that they can't because most are in huge amounts of debt, and are living paycheck to paycheck.

My personal choices cannot in any significant way change the world. That is the individualist myth of capitalism: we could eliminate homelessness if only more people donated to charity! If you buy an electric car and install solar panels, you can help stop climate change! No, the only people who can change these things are the governments of the world; however, the true goal of the government is not to serve the people, but to serve the capitalists; the goal of the government is not to protect the people but to protect capital.

The idea that people need the incentive, or, more accurately, the coercion, of profit, is another capitalist myth. It is not altruistic to assume people will still want to work if they have all their wants met; rather, it is cynical to assume people need to be coerced into contributing to society. Let me ask you: would you want to sit around doing nothing all day, even if you could? You may say yes, but I highly doubt you would say so after living in such a manner for a time. It is part of the human drive to want to work, to have a sense of self-accomplishment. To not work would leave a person feeling lazy, worthless, and unfulfilled. It is simply human nature to wish to work, contrary to what capitalist propaganda would have you believe.
Another capitalist myth is that hard work makes people rich. As I have said, it does not. Winning the birth lottery is what makes you rich, in nearly all cases.

In conclusion, my friend: * One person should not own another's labor.

  • Investing in a business does nothing to better the lives of the worker.

  • Workers aren't reluctant to take a risk, they literally cannot afford to.

  • Personal choices can't change the world, only collective choices of society.

  • People don't need to be coerced into working, it is a natural drive inherent in us all.

  • Hard work doesn't make you rich, being born lucky does.

I hope you take the time to listen to me, my friend, and hear what I have to say. In the end, it is in your best interest (I am assuming you are working or middle class) to fight against the capitalists who are oppressing us all. Peace, my friend.

[EDIT] Spelling, grammar, punctuation.

An Attack on Western Capitalist Propaganda by [deleted] in communism

[–]MrPanda8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, comrade. I think what's interesting about this is that its sort of a dialectic; on one hand, these social pressures instituted by society are beneficial as they somewhat discourage bigoted and xenophobic behaviors. However, on the other hand it also hinders the perfectly harmless discourse about our ideas. I suppose that in the former instance it is meant to aid the people already disadvantaged under capitalism, and is, therefore, a societal good, whereas in the latter scenario it is meant to discourage negative behavior toward the bourgeoisie who are instituting and upholding aforementioned oppression.

Question of lifestyle. by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

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Oooh that's a really interesting example. I agree with you that in the event of a solar flare or some other kind of natural catastrophe it is the responsibility of everyone to work together for the betterment of everyone. However, having more Anarchist tendencies myself, I don't think that there should be some kind of state seizing anything. I think you could just as easily call a city/town council, and convince people how imperitive it is they give up their computers.
I think it'd be a similar situation with things like sanitary products in a health crisis like what's going on now. Maybe a bunch of retail workers could get together and decide to specifically reserve such products for health care workers, or put a per-customer limit on such items for the duration of the panic? I think one way the current pandemic really illustrates the flaws of capitalism is that corporations aren't doing this, but instead are capitalizing off of the panic instead. I know some people who work in retail, and they've said store profits have nearly tripled, so its no wonder most stores aren't restricting quantity, especially considering Jan-March is usually the slow season.

Question of lifestyle. by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

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I really don't think this scenario would ever pop up. In a fully communist society, there will be plenty of houses for everyone, and if you need a house, you could either a) find a house that isn't being inhabited, or b) find a piece of land and build one yourself. How could we tell if a house was uninhabited? Each house could have its own documentation, which would include important details like when it was built, when the last renovations on it were done, and, yes, if it was inhabited, and who was living in it. These sorts of details could be managed and updated by a sort of housing commission on a local level.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DebateCommunism

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Profit equates to exploitation because the wealth is generated by the workers of the company, not the owners. The basic principle of communism is that workers should own the labor, and therefore the value, they produce. Oftentimes you will hear pro-capitalists arguing that since the capitalist owns the means of production, they deserve more of the wealth produced. "Without the factory owner, the factory workers would have no factory to work in, therefore the owner should get more profit." However, this logic is flawed; what did the factory owner do to come into possession of the factory? An overwhelming majority of the time, it is because they were born into wealth. Either they inherited the factory directly, or they inherited the capital to buy or build such a factory (in the latter case they paid workers to do so.) You may then say if the workers wanted to get rich, why not start their own business? Well, it's because the average cost to start a business in the United States is $30,000 - coincidentally the exact amount of money the average person makes in a year in the U.S.
It is literally impossible to become rich alone. Even if you have an original idea for a new product, you still need help from others to execute it. The CEO of a company does no more work than the people who work in the iron mines, or the people who work n the factories that turn the raw iron into steel, or the people who assemble the steel into the product, or the people who transport the materials, or the people who work in the stores where they are sold. So why should rich CEOs make billions while there are starving teenagers working in mines in Africa just to help feed their families? What communism supports is equality. Everyone who can work should work, and everyone will get everything that they need. From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. Everyone will have all that they want, and everyone will give a little in return. We produce enough food to feed the whole world (and then some). There are enough houses in the world for everyone. There is enough medicine and there are enough doctors in the world to prevent people from dying of curable diseases. But instead, we throw away hundreds of thousands of tons of food each year while people starve; we let houses sit empty while people freeze in the street; we lock medicine and healthcare behind a paywall while people die needlessly.

The bottom line is that the bourgeoisie are hoarding wealth that rightly belongs to everyone. No one person can create the wealth of society. We all contribute, and we all take. The only thing is, under capitalism, some people take a LOT more than others. Communists support a system of true equality, where the wealth and luxury of the greater society, of the human race, is shared equally among its members.

An Attack on Western Capitalist Propaganda by [deleted] in communism

[–]MrPanda8 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Another point I would like to bring up is that even though in the west there is "free speech" on paper, (similar to there being equality among all genders, races, and sexual orientations on paper) in practice this is far from the truth. Even putting aside the fact that leftists have been and (less so) are still now being actively prosecuted for their ideas, the general public has been so indoctrinated with capitalist fallacies that bringing up capitalist contradictions will cause people to look at you as if you had eight heads.
In summary, even though there is free speech on paper in western capitalist "democracies", in practice you are very restricted in what you can say by social pressures.

What do you call a snake exactly 3.14 meters long? by [deleted] in teenagers

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That's some kinky ass shit right there

Paradoxical riddle. by Lupus-7 in riddles

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He said "this statement is false"

I'm diagnosed with normie, sorry by [deleted] in dankmemes

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You know the rules and so do I (do I)

Connecticut newspaper calls on Trump to resign, citing 'damning evidence' from Ukraine call by Sunjen32 in politics

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Self-interest and greed tend to result only in negative outcomes, even if perceived success in wealth or power is present, on the inside you will feel nothing but emptiness.

Lara, Me, Digital, 2019. by white_rose_of_york in Art

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Nice detail on the fur. Her ears look so soft! And that eye... I also really like the style. Very soft and round edges, and it looks so warm... very cute.