ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoWhy are many businesses in democratic nations largely undemocratic?message-squaremessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down19
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minus-squareMaiq@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down4·5 months agoCapitalism is antithetical to democracy. Capitalism left unchecked will eventually lead to fascism.
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minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·5 months agoThe first one is true. In democracy, the people rule society In capitalism, the rich rule the economy The economy always rules society In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It’s inherently unstable because it’s self contradicting.
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·5 months agoBro just watched tech billionaires coup the US government and he still doesn’t understand the problems with the concentration of wealth.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·5 months agoI’m looking forward to everybody getting red-pilled on Marx in the coming months.
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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoIn what manner is Marx’s Law of Value wrong?
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minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-25 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does Edit: Marx (and similar theorists before him) do a better job describing Capitalism compared to those whose paychecks depend on them not understanding / distorting it.
Capitalism is antithetical to democracy. Capitalism left unchecked will eventually lead to fascism.
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The first one is true.
In democracy, the people rule society
In capitalism, the rich rule the economy
The economy always rules society
In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It’s inherently unstable because it’s self contradicting.
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Bro just watched tech billionaires coup the US government and he still doesn’t understand the problems with the concentration of wealth.
I’m looking forward to everybody getting red-pilled on Marx in the coming months.
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In what manner is Marx’s Law of Value wrong?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
Edit: Marx (and similar theorists before him) do a better job describing Capitalism compared to those whose paychecks depend on them not understanding / distorting it.