• hash@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Ah. We need an anarchist state so we can give capitalism a proper go /s

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      11 months ago

      The term was specifically created to describe the status quo when Karl Marx was knocking about.

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        11 months ago

        If true communism has never existed, then wouldnt it stand to reason that capitalism hasn’t either? You cannot buy drugs etc legally. I’m talking about snow crash/BioShock capitalism.

        I was trying to say that neither extreme has been tried, although we are damn close

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          11 months ago

          I’m talking about snow crash/BioShock capitalism.

          Oh. Well I’m not, haha. Capitalism for me is when the means of production is in private hands and the owner employs people to do the labour for a fraction of the value of the end product in order to make a profit. That quite accurately describes the current status quo, I think!

          I was trying to say that neither extreme has been tried, although we are damn close

          Well okay, point taken.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t believe that, but it’s certainly true that some people compare real world capitalism and hypothetical utopian communism, etc., which is obviously not a serious comparison.