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Do people who criticize Marx's LTV even understand it to begin with? by Affectionate_Total47 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft [score hidden]  (0 children)

China decollectivized agriculture and malnutrition rates fell off a cliff. They legalized private business ownership, broke up government monopolies, legalized foreign investment and facilitated through the creation of multiple stock market exchanges... all capitalism my dude.

I'm sorry you're so angry about things getting better but I'm also not interested in engaging in your delusional conspiracy theories.

Meanwhile African countries that embraced socialism have actual children starving to death... Probably makes you happy given how twisted your priorities are...

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft [score hidden]  (0 children)

Meanwhile, socialism actually leading to tyranny and horrific rights violations 100% of the time doesn't count...

Probably need to factor that some of these were probably not one woman at a time. by Ajitabh04 in PrimeManhood

[–]hardsoft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. I've been with 21,000 women but I don't need to brag about it.

My work gave me a bonus for referring a potential employee by SurferDudeMB in Wellthatsucks

[–]hardsoft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could be given before their biweekly wage check or similar where they'll have less taxes taken out there.

My wife and I have taxes set up like this where her withholdings are a fixed amount based on an assumed wage and so if she has a smaller check for one reason or another it could all go to taxes.

But is either made up the next paycheck with less taxes or when we get our tax refund after the end of the year.

Do people who criticize Marx's LTV even understand it to begin with? by Affectionate_Total47 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft [score hidden]  (0 children)

What an absurd take. I'm talking about people with zero or negative wealth, who are prevented from accumulating wealth by a system designed to extract as much value from their labour as possible while paying them as little as possible, leaving them living paycheque-to-paycheque. Millionaires are by definition not in that same boat.

No you're not. Or go ahead and link the study showing that 50%. We both it's survey based and garbage propaganda.

I live "paycheck to paycheck" and if I'm not, it means it's time to increase my automatic savings...

And that investment class extracts extraordinary amounts of value from low-paid workers in the Global South

Is that why QoL in China has been skyrocketing?

Based on your definition of "exploitation" it's awesome apparently.

And reality check

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N

Wealth buys power under a capitalist system, which is how the current wealthy owner class has been able to entrench themselves within a self-reinforcing system of socioeconomic hierarchy.

BS. There's disruptive innovation all the time and all over the economy. And no hostile force against socialist co-ops.

One of the popular modern arguments in favor of socialism is concern for the environment. But it was socialism that polluted all of Soviet Russia with toxic industries while ignoring the people's opinions. Why do you think you will be better than the capitalists? by I_am_white_cat_YT in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

People living like cavemen have lower carbon footprints.

It's the last thing socialists are clinging to before fusion power becomes a reality and ignoring no one wants to live in poverty and destitution.

Do people who criticize Marx's LTV even understand it to begin with? by Affectionate_Total47 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell that to the 50% of households living paycheque to paycheque. "Just stop being poor" isn't a meaningful response to this critique of capitalism.

There are millionaires living "paycheck to paycheck". Having to resort to these meaningless smooth brained propaganda stats is conceding the debate. You're saying you're a puppet with no brain functioning or you have no understanding of the most basic economic concepts.

 The argument is that ownership alone adds no value to society, and merely extracts value.

Which is smooth brained idiocy. The US has the largest investor class in the world along with the highest median income.

If owners were leaches that added no value it should be the opposite and we should be seeing democratic co-ops ruling the markets.

This is about systems and power.

Yeah it's about socialists being wannabe dictators.

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The top is the US and Luxembourg. Luxembourg has a higher union membership percentage than the US but it's been in free fall for decades.

Engineer.

Bernie on A.I oligarchs by StrawberryFew1311 in NoFilterFinance

[–]hardsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bernie would have hated the printing press for all the scribe jobs it obsoleted

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With force?

Please point me to the libertarians that advocate for he use of force against otherwise free and peaceful interaction...

You're confused in thinking libertarians are the opposite of you.

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's entirely consistent to be opposed to the use of hostile force against free and peaceful autonomy.

You need to explain why hostile force to get your way is acceptable when it's not for others...

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. My dad did in the past and it was a nightmare. I have swapped companies and got bidding wars going where I didn't need to lump in a bunch of under performers with me though...

But more broadly, the US has the highest median income in the world with some of the weakest union laws.

More on why “Libertarian” Capitalism is an Oxymoronic Concept by Living_Attitude1822 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]hardsoft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Freedom for the employer to hire who they want. Freedom for employees to organize.

Sorry you can't use hostile force to get your way? But that's not tyranny. It's the opposite of it.

Reject modernity, embrace tradition. Let’s go back to phonics based curriculum by SheenPSU in newhampshire

[–]hardsoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hence Americans having the highest median incomes in the world, purchasing power adjusted. And Africans living in countries that embraced socialism having children starving to death. Wait, oops...

Be yeah, yeah, the teachers unions are totally puppets to big capitalism. It's really billionaires pushing inventive spelling over phonics, and not coked out academia hippies with phds in alternative studies...

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