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Humanist_Activist

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55. You do realize that's not the only model that exists or can exist, right?
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 05:42 PM
Mar 2019

Is anyone here advocating for the industrial, centrally planned economy that the USSR had? I certainly am not, so I'm not sure what is the point of your argument. I want economic democracy, where I'm paid for the actual value of my work, that I have a voice in my workplace, etc.

You know what, f*ck Capitalism... [View all] Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 OP
Golden Rule safeinOhio Mar 2019 #1
True. democratisphere Mar 2019 #2
True. Nt Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #8
No kidding. And it's a damn shame. calimary Mar 2019 #12
You have no capital. Therefore, you have no power and no rights. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #3
not really qazplm135 Mar 2019 #52
There are several examples throughout human history Yavin4 Mar 2019 #54
Baloney qazplm135 Mar 2019 #82
You should take a look at Catalonia. RocRizzo55 Mar 2019 #67
How so? qazplm135 Mar 2019 #83
Please look it up RocRizzo55 Mar 2019 #88
so I "looked it up" qazplm135 Mar 2019 #89
"show me a success Capitalistic one" brooklynite Mar 2019 #4
How many of them rely on a vast underclass of poor laborers to sustain their economies? Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #5
Or, at the very least, an economy on a timer. Codeine Mar 2019 #6
Not to mention dirt cheap energy, which allowed mass production for decades on end. Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #7
Thank you for putting it nicely. OneBro Mar 2019 #13
Its not just history either, think of what you are talking about as the macro-scale of what... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #14
Be it slavery or America's violently crooked, unjust legal system . . . OneBro Mar 2019 #23
Japan doesn't rely on a vast underclass of poor laborers to sustain their economy. betsuni Mar 2019 #30
Really, so their economy doesn't participate in world trade? Nt Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #31
What? betsuni Mar 2019 #34
What you are saying is that Japan doesn't consume products produced elsewhere in the world... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #58
Here's an example: Reuters: Subaru Success Fueled By Marginalized Foreign Workers SaintLouisBlues Mar 2019 #38
I think of this as slow motion terrorism rurallib Mar 2019 #9
When will they ever learn? robbob Mar 2019 #40
THEY will never learn FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #41
That sounds like the threat of violent revolution, radius777 Mar 2019 #59
right you are - boy did I ever blow that one rurallib Mar 2019 #43
I'm old... robbob Mar 2019 #44
We don't have a capitalist country zentrum Mar 2019 #10
Yes. trev Mar 2019 #21
K&R X !000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2naSalit Mar 2019 #11
You should be able to contact the IRS about a payment plan for your taxes. Blue_true Mar 2019 #15
You can even apply and get approved for a payment plan online now TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #28
A socialist country would assign you a job (or a bread ration if you were more unfortunate). riverine Mar 2019 #16
Fascinating, like I haven't hear that line of bull before... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #17
you request "Motherfuckers, show me a success Capitalistic one." riverine Mar 2019 #18
Again with the repeats, and how many impoverished people have to suffer for those economies to be... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #20
So the typical Swede - with their Free Market Capitalist economy is what we need to riverine Mar 2019 #22
A typical Swede owes much of their current lifestyle due to the exploitation... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #24
Do yourself a favor: Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #33
Ha! Humanist_Activist was forced to admit that the Nordic model of capitalism is superior to riverine Mar 2019 #35
So you think you were the victor in that particular exchange? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #39
Never said that, insaid their high standard of living comes at the expense of the working class.... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #42
Socialism has even less success in having produced countries with lifestyles like a typical Swede.nt pnwmom Mar 2019 #47
Why? And which types of socialism? Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #56
How does this work Lurker Deluxe Mar 2019 #60
Those companies were just examples of large companies... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #61
so, explain to me how someone would start a business Lurker Deluxe Mar 2019 #65
Here... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #66
lol Lurker Deluxe Mar 2019 #70
Here you go... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #71
heh Lurker Deluxe Mar 2019 #81
You can't give a single example of an actual country. Maybe it's because it doesn't account pnwmom Mar 2019 #68
He is correct, people were treated like serfs in socialists countries. EX500rider Mar 2019 #50
You do realize that's not the only model that exists or can exist, right? Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #55
And which economic model is that? EX500rider Mar 2019 #62
That's not the only type of socialism that exists, you really have a lot to learn... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #64
And yet no country is using those theories... EX500rider Mar 2019 #75
Not necessarily, in its more extreme form, the state is dissolved, a lot of people like being on... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #77
Places where the "state has dissolved" turn out to be not so pleasant. EX500rider Mar 2019 #84
you are thinking of communism Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2019 #53
Shit, I didn't even get into the illegal shit, like some of the practices at Wal-Mart I observed... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #19
Powerful post. You've really underscored what's wrong with our system and the mentality jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #25
Bullshit. Elements of both capitalism and socialism are necesarry, it isn't either or. As for still_one Mar 2019 #26
Good post. Thanks! pnwmom Mar 2019 #48
+1,0000000 murielm99 Mar 2019 #49
+1. NT Adrahil Mar 2019 #63
Capitalism is fine, as long as it's held in check Panich52 Mar 2019 #27
Only check needed on Capitalism is.... at140 Mar 2019 #80
less unions, they can screw the workers. ooh, reaganism was such a DEAL i tells yah. pansypoo53219 Mar 2019 #29
Socialism is the answer my friend. Joe941 Mar 2019 #32
Sorry about the anxiety ((hugs)) Starry Messenger Mar 2019 #36
Let's not even get into it's ageism or how it treats the long-term unemployed. HughBeaumont Mar 2019 #37
To Serve The Corporate Collective IS TRUE FREEDOM ProgressiveKnight Mar 2019 #45
It sound like you had a long string of crappy jobs for crappy employers. MineralMan Mar 2019 #46
All of our problems are really one problem. The world has a billionaire problem. rwsanders Mar 2019 #51
While I agree that wealth inequities are a huge problem, they are a symptom of how.... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #57
Capitalism doesn't have to operate that way. The Nordic countries practice regulated capitalism pnwmom Mar 2019 #69
Can they operate that way without exploiting millions of people in the 3rd world for cheap labor? nt Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #72
Yes, thanks to the advent of robotics. But you still haven't given a single example pnwmom Mar 2019 #73
because there is none yet, and actually, that brings up another point, if automation displaces... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #74
They would be fine in a system with regulated capitalism, like in the Nordic countries. n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #76
Why do you say that? What's your evidence for this assertion? n/t Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #78
Because their capitalistic system can already adjust to changes in the work force, pnwmom Mar 2019 #79
But it adjusts by finding another population or resource to exploit, but what happens when that... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #85
How would your one-world fantasy socialism work? We saw how the largest socialistic pnwmom Mar 2019 #86
Given the history of capitalism, that has yet to be demonstrated. N/T Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #87
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