samokosik

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[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, communism is objectively bad.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think she made the correct decision. Banning fossil fuels is not realistic.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

First of all, you said regular people cannot benefit from companies’ growth, which is clearly false, because as per my previous reply, you can easily buy their stocks and become one of the shareholders. They even pay you dividends and your wealth grows.

Second issue you mentioned can be easily fixed by having competition in the market. When there are more companies, they have to improve conditions for workers, otherwise they will end up working for the competition. If no company in the market does it, thanks to capitalism you can start you own, offer the best conditions for your employees and they will come to you from the competition. Last but not least, whilst I agree lowering taxes does not necessarily mean rising people’s wages, it at least motivates people to start their own company (which creates more competition and that’s what we want). And yes, people who run the company are equally as important as the workers. It’s literally their responsibility to make decisions regarding the company’s direction. If you have a terrible management, the company goes bankrupt and workers, just like the people who run the company, lose their incomes.

With last statement I agree, US has the space to invest into free medicare, however at the cost of having less influence over the world.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah but cost of the studies is a fraction of what he made

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is quite a difference between democracy and socialism. For example, while democracy did not work in France, there were several other countries that have proven democracy works. For example, Greece, Rome, or even United States. On the contrary, socialism has been in many countries and failed every single time, no matter the situation. Countries of Warsaw pact tried it and 30 years after it collapsed, the quality of life in these countries is still worse compared to the Western Europe. Similar with countries such as Israel, India, Great Britain, North Korea and many more that have tried socialist tendencies but eventually returned to capitalist economies.

Same for capitalism, there have been countries that became quite successful thanks to it such as Switzerland, Singapore or Ireland.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now let them argue i guess

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Time to stop working for these…

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Elon actually says he hasn’t inherited money from parents and had quite terrible relationships with them.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

First of all, everyone can gain from corporations’ successes. It literally takes 20 minutes to buy their stocks.

Second of all, Scandinavian countries have quite a good model. However, they also have very strong economies to fund it.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

What exactly am I not getting about socialist economy?

The ones who disagree with socialism are usually told they just don’t understand it & that it has not been tried.

Reality is, it’s been tried and it always failed.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

There is a difference between not understanding the alternatives and providing reasons why they are overall worse.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I can. But pragmatically capitalism has been the best option so far.

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