this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds an awful lot like communism to me.

I'm in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised no one here has organized something like this yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure the ruling class would get rid of it pretty quickly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How would they go about it, do you think? Is there a legal way such a thing could be shut down?

[–] Squizzy 4 points 1 year ago

They banned collective bargaining, they can ban anything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You need a lot of money to start something like this, money that usually comes from investors who are expecting a return at some point. And if it gets started with too little funding, the big competitors can afford to sell at a loss for a while to force it out of business.

Something like this would have to be organized by a government, and consequently won't happen under capitalism. Because if a government would be willing to go to that length, they could just as easily punish the companies currently profiting of off people's misery.