Why is anyone in this day and age a communist/socialist?
Why is anyone in this day and age a communist/socialist?
Chase Morris
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Blake Peterson
I'm a Democratic Capitalist myself.
Carson Stewart
because capitalism is collapsing and destroying the planet and robots are taking all the jobs
Robert Hernandez
because they're greedy and narcissistic and believe they are entitled to free things
Jackson Cooper
>because capitalism is collapsing
How?
>and destroying the planet
Are you aware of the shit the USSR did to the environment when it was around?
>and robots are taking all the jobs
Luddites have been saying that since the industrial revolution... New jobs and fields will come about.
Ayden Mitchell
Basically it, isn't it?
Joshua Martin
>How?
Well clearly the standard of living of the average American has been steadily declining for at least 40 years, I mean how do you explain Trump?
Brandon Howard
>Are you aware of the shit the USSR did to the environment when it was around?
Yeah but when the government plans the economy as opposed to the profit motive you can at least CHOOSE to base it on something other than fossil fuels.
Elijah Long
>Luddites have been saying that since the industrial revolution... New jobs and fields will come about.
Well I hope you're right
Adrian Brooks
>Well clearly the standard of living of the average American has been steadily declining for at least 40 years
... are you serious? The standard of living has gone up. You have a smartphone! And global poverty is WAY down.
Aiden Rodriguez
Then why didn't they?
Chase Reed
If not, just remove the unemployed. Easy!
Ayden Ramirez
Because the evils of capitalism need to be held in check.
Jack Murphy
Nolan Price
>the evils of capitalism need to be held in check.
Help! I have too much food to eat, too many options for entertainment, too many choices of what to buy! I'm dying from all this affluence!
Adrian Robinson
you're either trolling or personally doing fine and out of touch
Ryder Gonzalez
Didn't he execute people for being gay? Why do lefties idolize such a monster?
Anthony Sanders
worldbank.org
or
ourworldindata.org
The second link has an excellent graph
Jace Nguyen
yeah but what about the west? I don't care that Communist China is doing better
Brody Barnes
Because everything is shitty and young people want to latch onto something they think can save them.
Hell, even I'm doing it. /pol/ memed me good.
Levi Rivera
because the vast majority of people are stupid
John Richardson
>I don't care that Communist China is doing better
That's the great thing about Capitalism, even the "communists" today get better lives thanks to it. (You can't honestly say China is communist anymore.) And shame on you not caring about the global poor.
Jaxon Morgan
I don't think but like a few thousand American actually are, and half of those don't even understand it.
I am, however, intrigued at how their numbers are insinuated in the conservative media's attempt to defame anything left of their position.
Prepare for a one party dystopian future, comrade.
Logan Barnes
if people here advocated for the level of state control of the economy that China has, you'd call them a commie...
Blake Parker
Because serbs are faggots ALLAH RAHMET HEIL HITLER ZDS
Caleb Clark
you mean economic or social policies?
Ian Sullivan
Is China stateless? Are the means of production owned by the people? Do they no longer use currency?
Not communist. Not even trying to be communist in any way given their market reforms and blooming capitalism.
Colton Smith
Josiah Morris
Okay, look at it this way.How would you react if a Democrat politician proposed a regulation that forced U.S. car manufacturers to include at least 25% electric cars in the total amount of cars they produce? You'd call it Socialism. Well that's exactly what China did.
Easton Carter
The people who were alive and adults for the bolshevik reign of terror before WW2 unified the Soviets behind communism are all dead. Now we just have memes, and the living memory we do have only recalls the evil of capitalism. The relatively worse evils are not recalled.
Camden Barnes
Based and redpilled!
Christian Walker
Actually I wouldn't. I'd call it government interference in the free market, which BTW never works out well for anyone.
Camden Gonzalez
Quite true.