I literally did as you asked. There’s no gotcha here. I’m just trying to ascertain whether or not you value democracy or not. That’s a crucial first step to understand why you have such a fundamental misunderstanding of communism. That’s all.
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Should people, in your opinion, be ruled by kings?
If you want to REALLY reduce the definition of communism down to its most concentrated form, “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need”, then not only is communism a successful system, it is the only reason our species exists today.
Simple question here. No gotcha: Do you believe that people deserve to be ruled by kings?
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Conservatives Are Already Losing Their Minds Over Mamdani’s Apparent Win25·2 days agoThere’s a flaw in your logic, here. Mentally stable evil people would/did. I’m NOT mentally stable and I absolutely never would.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto News@lemmy.world•DOGE employee ‘Big Balls’ has resigned, says White House official44·2 days agoNow begins his next 65 years as a private sector lobbyist
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a medieval equivalent of the youtube channel "Primative Technology"?2·3 days agoIsn’t that a pleasant surprise?
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a medieval equivalent of the youtube channel "Primative Technology"?13·4 days agoIt’s not EXACTLY the same, but this guy does a pretty good job of hitting the same vibes:
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War41·5 days agoHave an upvote! >:D
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War13·5 days agoI REALLY wish this how wars worked. Just two people locked in mortal combat
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto News@lemmy.world•Prosecutors trying to 'bias' the public against Luigi Mangione, defense says64·5 days agoSucks this guy sits in a jail cell for a crime he didn’t commit. I keep trying to tell people that Luigi Mangione was fishing with me and my roommate that day, but nobody listens.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workersEnglish6·6 days agoOh yeah, that’s definitely true. But our food system isn’t ass backwards on accident, you know?
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workersEnglish9·6 days agoEXPANSION of food subsidies? They just gutted USDA programs providing food to food shelves all over the country. My local food bank recently switched to every two weeks instead of every week. It’s already bad and only getting worse
Just Google “Neil Gaiman” and “scandal” for more context, but basically he used his position as a popular artist to do some gross, sex pest stuff.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why does Dairy Queen sell food?7·10 days agoDairy Queen has been selling food since 1958. They are not “an ice cream store” any more than McDonalds is
But not in Marx’s time. 45s and 33 1/3s weren’t invented until the 40s
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto Technology@lemmy.world•I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong AmountEnglish212·11 days agomiddle managers suck.
FTFY
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto politics @lemmy.world•Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say6·11 days agoSOME of our hearts are in the right place
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.comto politics @lemmy.world•Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say51·11 days agoOkay, you seem to believe that every American is somehow perfectly reflected by its government, which is reductive but I get it, you’re upset.
But if you live on planet Earth, whether or not it suits you, it absolutely IS your problem. My government is an extractive, imperialist bully. My government’s military is single largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels and biggest single institutional emitter of greenhouse gases. My government has no qualms about making it your problem.
Pretending it’s not your problem is like pretending the neighbor’s house on fire isn’t your problem. You can get away with that for a while, but eventually you’ll burn too.
I like to think of life as the universe reaching out and trying to know itself