• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 hours ago

    This huge problem stems from “we need”. Collectivism leads to hierarchy, because a collective isn’t semantically compatible to one person. A collective can’t be responsible, a collective can’t make a decision, a collective can’t think, a collective can’t speak in one voice. But collectivism means trying to treat a collective like one person. Leading to dictatorships.

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      6 hours ago

      Finally, someone had to say it. While capitalism is far from perfect, I’d rather have billionaire capitalist assholes that I can then call on their bullshit than so-called ‘socialism’ which is just the pretty way to call a dictatorship. Show me one ‘socialist’ country that has thrived. One, come on.

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        52 minutes ago

        OK, I can name one. It’s Israel. Before 90s it was (administratively, politically, socially) socialist (not like marxist, but with collectives and communes and kibbutz, and much of economy being state monopolies). One reason after 90s everything changed about it was because there were certain reforms which, eh, significantly raised level of life, making all the old institutions unpopular. So it’s no more socialist in anything.

        A-and, of course, the part about collectivism was present. Some things I’ve heard about Israel before 90s emotionally reminisce USSR. Sort of a procrustean bed of a society, if you don’t fit it’s your problem.

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      13 hours ago

      You talk as if with corporations a single person can be held responsible…

      You can have syndicates and get close to socialism

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        4 hours ago

        shit, the average public corporation is a more representative democracy than the US’s actual government is.

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            average US corpo is just 1 vote 1 share, just right there it’s more equal representation than the US government has been for it’s entire existence.

            throw in shit like recalling/installing new c-suites etc.

            far more responsive/equal form of government than the clown show that is US “democracy”