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[–] KimjongTOOILL@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The privatization/defunding/enshittification of public services in favor of alternatively paying directly to large corporations, typically offering less value, will eventually lead to the workforce not being able to complete globally. You'd think that would be enough for them to be smart enough not to do that, but instead, they will just outsource the jobs to elsewhere.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Imperialism in action, which is also why Imperialism defeats itself.

[–] fedev@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Ecco the dolphin vibes

[–] CybertoothTiger@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not contradicting, trying to learn here. How is it a feature of capitalism, and not fascism? Or are the two similar enough they can effectively be put in the same group?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fascism is Capitalism in decline. They aren't distinct systems, but the same one meshed.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh .. capitalism is an economic model, fascism is political. One may enable or encourage the other, but I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say they are the same.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What causes fascism to rise or fall? Whose interests does it serve? The economy is political, politics are economic in nature, you cannot divorce the two.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's like saying that since you never see deer ticks except with deer, they are the same animal as the deer. Just because things commonly appear together does not mean they are the same.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, it isn't. The economy forms the Base, while politics forms the Superstructure. You cannot have one without the other, and they are tangled.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing that picture of two different things in your attempt to argue that they are one thing.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They aren't the same, but are never found without each other.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That... Is a completely different argument.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They aren't distinct systems, but the same one meshed.

And

They aren't the same, but are never found without each other.

Are not equal statements.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Meshed, as in together form an overall system, 2 aspects of it.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago