MacroCyclo

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[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

It's a bit of a fantasy, I think. There is nothing profitable about space exploration. It's either science experiments or nationalist dick measuring.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

One problem is a bit easier then the other. No one's economy is entirely based around CFCs and CFCs have excellent alternatives.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

You're thinking of it wrong. It's all the same person.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

It has less than the two mentioned though, for now.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why not just start pronouncing it shwar instead?

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It was an interesting read and reminded me that democratic socialists arguing for restricted capitalism and communists are often arguing for similar goals with differing language.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Here there is though!

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, this is why Trudeau would prefer ranked choice voting.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

The main argument is that that would not less to democratic control. Are there any historical examples where you have both democracy and violation of private property rights?

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I think decentralization of power is a nice feature too. Billionaires are power centers outside of the government, judiciary, or military. They exist as a result of lax control on the markets by the government. In countries without capitalism and property rights, the billionaires are the government and the judiciary and the military. So, even though it might seem like nationalizing their wealth would decrease inequality, if there aren't good safeguards for decentralizing government power, it would result in a less equal society.

Part of the existence of billionaires is the ability to actually determine which money is theirs. In autocratic governments, you can't really say who owns what because you never know what the government might decide to take.

I don't defend billionaires, I think power should be spread more fairly, but eliminating them via the government needs to be done wisely in order to maintain decentralization.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Looks like six more weeks of winter.

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