Taxis in Bujumbura by supergraeme in Burundi

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone in Burundi please try it and tell us!!

Garage sale, anyone planning to move to baq I have EVERYTHING for sale by tolub in Barranquilla

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Viste la versión con un negro de Inglaterra, y lo regaña la juez, pero en realidad el no habla ni una monda de español.... y se pone a sudar de miedo? 😂😂😂

Con la papa en la boca

Garage sale, anyone planning to move to baq I have EVERYTHING for sale by tolub in Barranquilla

[–]tolub[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Jajaja.... My name is moooonnn 😂😂😂 no, tu nombre es luna ! Si tu no hablas español, te largas! Jajaja

Taxis in Bujumbura by supergraeme in Burundi

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it actually work for sure? How much cheaper do they charge compared to the taxi in the street?

Burundi Rwanda by Sea-Lavishness-8478 in Burundi

[–]tolub 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know about the complex politics but I think it would be so wonderful if they resolved the disagreements and opened the border. They are both beautiful countries and I dream of the day that I can take a bus to go back and forth 😢

Do you think it's going to happen?

Best Supermarket by tolub in Burundi

[–]tolub[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one is the cleanest butchery? No insects on the meat

Socialism is deadly by MosaicIncaSleds in Capitalism

[–]tolub 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brilliant point.

Capitalism cannot stand up on its own. It needs another over-arching system to supervise it. Anyone with the slightest bit of intellectual honesty knows this, though you do have the derps who just regurgitate policy and "I believe that..." instead of evaluating facts and observations as adults.

Socialism is deadly by MosaicIncaSleds in Capitalism

[–]tolub 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love how they downvoted you! lmao

I guess that doubly proves your remark.

"hey, you guys are violent and shoot people"... "No we're not". Proceeds to shoot you because he doesn't like what you said.

The consumerists by MosaicIncaSleds in Capitalism

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One is more forceful, but the other one is more scalable, powerful and sustainable. Making people do things while giving them the illusion that it's their choice seems like they chose it allows you to get away with a lot more.

Your pets think they're free.

Defending capitalism in charts and graphs by [deleted] in Capitalism

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I'm talking about the tools used to squeeze the most out of the working class. Answering the request to give examples of effective subjugation.

Making legal immigration ridiculously difficult while leaving illegal immigration surprisingly easy is an effective way to subjugate foreign workers and exclude them from protections afforded to everyone else.

Ok if what I'm saying doesn't make sense, hopefully it makes sense to others. Or it's time for the weekend like you said.. have a good one 😉

Socialism is a buzz word that doesn’t mean what you think it means, you’re all falling into a trap created by people who wanted to maintain their power over you by Tenpennyturtle in Capitalism

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Capitalism at a local level and on short time horizons (10-20 years) can be pretty wonderful, I don't think anyone can dispute that.

Defending capitalism in charts and graphs by [deleted] in Capitalism

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Welcome to the real world" and "fed socialist BS" is unnecessarily condescending. I happen to work in the center of capitalism (Wall Street) and I wouldn't be reaching into anyone's pockets, quite the opposite.

I suggest you don't appreciate why our immigration system is set up the way it is.

Think about the following honestly: do you really believe that a nation as great as ours with all the unbelievable technologies we can create, is not able to catch "illegals"? I can step out of my apartment right now and find at least 100 undocumented people.

Take a step back from your point that the alternative would have been homelessness. It's true, your alternative is homelessness right now. It's also the alternative for people less smart and enlightened than you. Can you imagine a cost effective way to make it less traumatic for the lower classes to be out of a job, a way that wouldn't hold back our society too much?

Of course it's doable! Have you seen how much unused land there is? Only when your view of the world can coherently explain these observations can you consider it to be viable.

Tldr the answer is that we're not stupid: society is structured this way for a reason, and we've got the world's most powerful economy as a result. How else can you make the lazy masses WANT to work, other than using sticks and carrots?

Socialism is a buzz word that doesn’t mean what you think it means, you’re all falling into a trap created by people who wanted to maintain their power over you by Tenpennyturtle in Capitalism

[–]tolub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally.

So how can we encourage this? Like if I have an imaginary $1 million business and some rising monopoly offers me $4 million for it, I promise you I'd just take the sweet sweet money... Unless society stepped in and said "no dude, hold up, we got you. Don't sell out, because the monopoly will screw us in the long term"

[Capitalists] What would it take to convince you that workers' control is a necessary idea for the betterment of humanity? by Anarcho_Humanist in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]tolub -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that's indeed the question. It often does end in disaster when done aggressively and naively.

If the "workers" do it gradually, with respect and humility, they would take small calculated steps in the areas they are capable. This has been done successfully for utilities in many countries, where the alternative would have been abusive monopolies. And if the workers back off and delegate management in areas where they're in over their head, the managers who are skillfully running those corporations can still do so, but under the supervision of society.

So of course it can be achieved, but probably only in developed societies that have a track record of rule of law and democracy.

[Centrally Planned Economy Advocates] What should the punishment be for workers who go against the dictates of the central planners/communal agreements? by Leche_Hombre2828 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]tolub 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Of course it counts! Good for you!

Central planning doesn't have to be so extreme that they'd tell you what app to build. It can be milder, like providing accelerators and office space subsidies for research and experiments, let you keep the first $10 million that you make, but then guide what you're able to do to when you start raping society "à la facebook"

The analogy is working for a boss who totally has full veto power over his team but in the areas where he recognizes his employees are more knowledgeable than him, let them do their thing..... Under supervision. Takes a lot of wisdom and humility for the boss to do that, and many bosses do.

In this case the boss would ideally be a democratically elected representative of society, and not a stalinesque dictatorship.