#Capitalism

Eliezer Yudkowsky

ESYudkowsky

Story concept: AU where capitalism actually works the way the illiberal left thinks it does. Almost the entire economy is still medieval peasants in mud huts; their crops are scarce

mutual - dsa matrioshka brain caucus

mutual_ayyde

THREAD: if you're surprised by k-pop fans going after cops, let me posit a theory for why it makes logical sense one of the most frustrating moves by leftists is

Rogue WH Snr Advisor

roguesnradvisor

Going to make a rather obvious prediction: big business will be the fundamental beneficiary of all of this - and small business the fundamental loser. Despite the seemingly revolutionary state

Johnathan 𝒶𝓉 𝐿𝒾𝓂𝒷𝑜

JohnathanBi

If we take Girard’s claims on the fallenness of human nature seriously, then a large portion of western political philosophy is confused about the levers of societal progress ... If,

Janine Sataria 🌺

flaplette

what a joke this entire "stimulus" has been.https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1252392948752236545 too little, too late, too slow, too exclusive, and one-time thing many people are going to put towards survival or catching up

Sun Destroyer 999

bombsfall

Yeah hey maybe the issue is less that every landlord is purposefully an evil leech slumlord and more that the entire system that creates and encourages this arrangement is fundamentally

Koba ☭

RedPrecariat

THREAD:The atomization of America is near its peak. Spectacle media and the commoditization of identity have divided us down to the individual level, which has left us isolated and profoundly

Aimee Terese's Ghost

tereseaimee

The constituency of the Democratic Party, is split between pmcs & desperately poor people of colour. Anarchic discontent, irrespective of the class composition of its proponents, will always line up

White Sea

whiteseamusic

As a pragmatist in an echo chamber & a person who believes American economics is a foundational root I wish more of us would explore, learn + talk about -

Zoé

ztsamudzi

The reason they so adamantly tell us to vote is because they don’t have a plan. Fatalistic are they are about the end of democracy as they know it, they

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

"It was in the summer of 2020 when financial capitalism finally broke with the world of real people, including capitalists antiquated enough to try to profit from producing goods and

Alastair Parvin

AlastairParvin

Interesting trivia (learned via @chezcorbay): the term capitalism was actually first coined by Marx as a critique of government-by-owning-classes, not as a consciously designed economic model. For example, Adam Smith

New World Order Ferrets

MeAndMyFerrets

People, do yourselves a favor and don't be this fucking guy.A lot of this "Woke" stuff people bitch about is just common decency, updated.Cancel culture is, in fact, capitalism at

Joshua Clover

joshuaclov3r

This (as usual, graphically amazing) NYT piece provides a clear reminder of a vital fact: sending "essential workers" out to die young is not an artifact of the pandemic but

Drew Coffman 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 🟢

DrewCoffman

I’ve been reading a lot during The Age of Quarantine! This is a Twitter thread highlighting what I've read. PS: Send me book recommendations! I asked @ablaze for a book

Zainab Mahmood

zainab_fash

Can we reform the fashion industry by boycotting brands? THREAD In short, no.The fashion industry is built on a capitalist system - it relies on the exploitation of labour and