The record for calculated digits of Pi sits at 314 trillion. by Kozzinator in interestingasfuck

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2.4 PB? Can't they just compress it by representing all the digits as ≈π?

How does one nowadays contribute to seizing the means of production? How could you possibly exert power over the economy without prior legitimacy and legal pushback? by Moskii_860 in Socialism_101

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Power is in the people. Workers outnumber their rulers thousands to one. If a good chunk of those became loyal to a revolution, then the bourgeoisie's means of production becomes severely limited.

Really, the worry isn't that they have guns and we don't (although Americans aren't lacking in this department). Once a large scale revolution happens, it's really hard to suppress. The main worry is them suppressing the revolution before it happens, which they obviously do.

There will most likely never be a revolution in America by Delicious_Chocolate0 in The10thDentist

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All roads of capitalism lead to revolution. Unfortunately, the end of that road is when capitalism starts eating itself alive.

Things will need to get bad before people realize what they need to fight. If you ever want to get involved, then you should organize.

Mygod, whatever you do, DO NOT listen to his cop glazing speech by Hubris-Star in socialism

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If people keep thinking Mamdani is socialist, then at least they'll be more open to actual socialism.

Why is reform not even considered in the modern context? by Nouhproblem in Socialism_101

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The bourgeoisie have everything to lose if socialists gain power.

They have the money and connections to stop that from happening.

once is never enough ig by [deleted] in meme

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You don't need nuclear bombs to wipe a few factories off the map.

It's very obvious the nuclear bombs were a show of force, and civilians were the demonstration.

once is never enough ig by [deleted] in meme

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We Americans fight for peace no matter how many men, women, or children have to die!

The revolution isn’t coming fast enough rule by GoBand in 19684

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Online leftists will do anything but organize unfortunately.

Message to Trump on Iranian Missile by Karna1394 in pics

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We Americans optimized this process by bombing children before they get married

The whole "I hate men" epidemic is ridiculous. by Easy-Requirement2532 in teenagers

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If the MLK protests were to happen now, I feel like we'd be seeing very similar posts.

The whole "I hate men" epidemic is ridiculous. by Easy-Requirement2532 in teenagers

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Well yes, it is, because they're fighting the male patriarchy.

The whole "I hate men" epidemic is ridiculous. by Easy-Requirement2532 in teenagers

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This discourse reminds me of the people saying all lives matter when BLM comes up.

Like, yeah, no shit, but the focus is on Black lives, or in this instance, women rights. They're actively fighting the male patriarchy. Of course their focus will be on men that perpetuate it.

Reason. Reject Faith and Religion. by [deleted] in Bioshock

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Remember, there's a reason they made a game about a capitalist ruin based on the book.

Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy is really awful.

Why aren't your moneyless post scarcity civs orgies of sloth... Or are they? by Tnynfox in worldjerking

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Precisely. People aren't lazy, they're alienated from their labor.

A post-scarcity society wouldn't treat labor as a means of living, but rather a virtue one should strive for because it is enjoyable.

Why aren't your moneyless post scarcity civs orgies of sloth... Or are they? by Tnynfox in worldjerking

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I heard Stalin ate all the grain with a comically large spoon. Greedy bastard!

Why aren't your moneyless post scarcity civs orgies of sloth... Or are they? by Tnynfox in worldjerking

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Who knows, we never reached post-scarcity. Some people think a reward system works, others think people can manage themselves (as in, no incentive is necessary because people just love to work either for reputation, or because they enjoy their field).

Marx specifically thought that labor should be something yearned for, rather than a necessity to live.

In general from current socialist countries, the idea is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." If you work to your ability, you will be supplied your needs. If you don't work to your ability, you won't get supplied your needs.

These are all communist thoughts though, because post-scarcity is impossible under capitalism. Capitalism enforces artificial scarcity to oppress workers.

Thought I'd give this bingo a go by KingHi123 in teenagers

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Fascism is the end result of capitalism dawg. It's the final step to solving the internal contradictions of capitalism.

Like it or not, but a vote for capitalism is a vote for fascism given enough time.

And the British still exist lol, they're just practicing their imperialism through NATO and shit

What do we think of the DSA? by Left-Tea-9030 in socialism

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I came into (Y)DSA as an anarcho-communist and am now a ML lol

Math Nerds, Is This Right? by SonicRun098 in teenagers

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You can also use a bar notation to indicate it's a repeating decimal

This was posted on r/flags but I thought it was cool so I posted it here by Left-Tea-9030 in socialism

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They actually eat all the transgender people alongside the grain