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Freddie deBoer's avatar

I would like to point out to everyone that I did not say "and communism is the solution to this problem." I am happy to discuss my orientation towards communism at some point, which is... idiosyncratic. But I'm not saying it's the solution here. And this is my great frustration: if you say "this is bad about capitalism," very often people will say "but communism is bad, therefore your concern is invalid." But there are other potential futures than capitalism or communism, and more to the point, even if there was no such thing as a concept of another system, that would not change capitalism's great downsides in human rights and human welfare. We have to envision solutions to capitalisms problems without constantly being preempted by "but communism is worse!" In many ways, it may be. But so what? Saying that's not a solution to anything.

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Diamond Boy's avatar

You are a troublemaker Freddie. I like that.

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