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Pyramid of Capitalist System

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71 points mpiedrav | 5 comments | 06 Feb 20 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 1.731s | source
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k33n ◴[06 Feb 20 15:02 UTC] No.22256435[source]▶
Capitalism has raised more people out of poverty worldwide than any other system. Thank goodness for capitalism.
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commandlinefan ◴[06 Feb 20 15:04 UTC] No.22256449[source]▶
The people at the bottom of the capitalist pyramid are still better off than the people at the second-tier of the communist pyramid.
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mordae ◴[06 Feb 20 15:08 UTC] No.22256477[source]▶
For how long?
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lbrooks ◴[06 Feb 20 15:09 UTC] No.22256493[source]▶
If you don't like capitalism go to a socialist country.
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1. TOGoS ◴[06 Feb 20 15:14 UTC] No.22256529[source]▶
Great idea. Unfortunately every time people elect a socialist government the US backs a right-wing coup. So we gotta do it here, I guess.
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2. busterarm ◴[06 Feb 20 15:16 UTC] No.22256552[source]▶
Nice meme, but doesn't exactly jive with the facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states

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3. TOGoS ◴[06 Feb 20 15:53 UTC] No.22256934[source]▶
Socialism, noun, "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."

In how many of those states is that actually true? Maybe Cuba (which the US has been trying to overthrow for decades), and Kurdistan (oops guess who was completely abandoned by the US even though they were instrumental in defeating ISIS?), which that page doesn't even mention. The rest are some form of state capitalism. Certainly China is. Unless you think the workers democratically decided that being paid starvation wages to work in electronics factories to make cheap stuff for Americans was a good idea.

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4. TOGoS ◴[06 Feb 20 19:17 UTC] No.22259275{4}[source]▶
Cool bro. Please explain how Pinchochet's coup was the inevitable result of 'socialism' as opposed to that of imperialist aggresion.
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5. busterarm ◴[06 Feb 20 20:01 UTC] No.22259713{5}[source]▶
Look, I used to work on political causes with the national chairman of one of the largest socialist parties in the US.

At some point in my early 20s, I mentally outgrew that childish, ill-considered ideology and I'm glad that I did. I've heard every argument under the sun for why Socialism will work if only you "put me in power" and I don't buy any of them.

Anyone arguing for it fundamentally does not understand human activity (behavior and history).