• Bob@feddit.nl
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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.