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[–] PunnyName 52 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The US isn't a country.

It's a business dressed up as a country.

(More like 50 countries dressed up as a business dressed up as a country, but then even that gets more complicated)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

wtf do we call our society, anyhow? Just "capitalist"? Is that still the term?

[–] tinyVoltron 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

We were an oligarchy.

With the new administration, it would be more apt to call the US a plutocracy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know, I probably agree. We've, at the least, been headed in that direction. And, are likely about to plunge all the way in, a month from now

I looked up oligarchy on Wikipedia out of curiosity. Although it's debated, the U.S. is listed as an example of one

[–] Buffalox 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I would have agreed on the "probably" until Musk basically bought his way into max corruption with a seat right next to the president.
Those 40 billion he has practically lost on Xitter, will most likely be gained already within the first year.
There is no doubt IMO that USA is now de-facto an oligarchy.

[–] Buffalox 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apart from also being an oligarchy, yes it is capitalist.
But here (Denmark) we would technically call it SUPER capitalist.
Because Denmark is also capitalist, but like the rest of EU, we balance capitalism with general interests of society. Where USA favor capitalism way more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, it's not super, it's just capitalism. What you are describing in Denmark is a "mixed economy".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Corporate dictatorship?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is too close to sovereign citizen bullshit for me to take seriously.

[–] PunnyName 1 points 2 days ago

Did you just compare my comment to those fucking idiots?