• jorp@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Social programs and social welfare aren’t really balancing socialism with capitalism, the means of production is fully owned by capitalists and there is no democratization of it. Sure we have some coops but the vast majority of workplaces are dictatorships

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      5 months ago

      It’s more of a balance between how much is run by companies vs the regulations that the government imposes on those companies.

      Pure capitalism doesn’t really exist anywhere.

      And what kind of companies are you working for where you feel that your workplace is a dictatorship? If I ever felt that way I would leave and work somewhere else.

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        5 months ago

        Some Lords probably treat their subjects better than others true, at least we moved past serfdom.

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      5 months ago

      Yes workplaces are communist dictatorships. There’s one key difference between a workplace that is a communist dictatorship and a country that is one: you’re at that workplace by your own consent and you can leave.

      Communism is okay when people can choose it willingly and opt out any time. When that communist system is competing with other communist systems for resources.

      Also, the means of production are largely owned by workers in the United States, given how many companies offer stock to their employees, and how many people work for themselves, and how many people use their own tools, cars, computers, and kitchens to earn money.