Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 29 days agoWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?message-squaremessage-square322fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 29 days agomessage-square322fedilink
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoShow me a working alternative that’s actually been implemented in the real and I’ll happily shift. Until then I’ll happily stick with a well-regulated, Nordic-style market economy.
minus-squaresobchak@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoZapatista territories and Rojava (until recently dissolved by force), and a bunch of smaller examples worldwide (including many tribes that live more traditionally/non-capitalist).
minus-squareDupaCycki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoWhat you described is literally a working alternative to capitalism. Nobody said it cannot contain any capitalistic elements. As for a further alternative - how about even more social programs? We all know the countries could easily afford it, so that’s an easy step forward.
Show me a working alternative that’s actually been implemented in the real and I’ll happily shift.
Until then I’ll happily stick with a well-regulated, Nordic-style market economy.
Zapatista territories and Rojava (until recently dissolved by force), and a bunch of smaller examples worldwide (including many tribes that live more traditionally/non-capitalist).
What you described is literally a working alternative to capitalism. Nobody said it cannot contain any capitalistic elements.
As for a further alternative - how about even more social programs? We all know the countries could easily afford it, so that’s an easy step forward.