this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So is the meme about the U.S. switching to the USSR because the U.S. ran out of food to provide to people like what literally happened in the USSR?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Conquest of bread predates the USSR but I suspect Kropotkin wouldn’t be a fan

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There was food stability in the USSR, just like any developing country it became more food secure as it developed. The only way the US would become less food secure if it collectivized agriculture would be if it also destroyed all of its infrastructure.

Plus, the title refers to an Anarchist title. This is a meme that aligns more with Anarchism than Marxism-Leninism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So why is there always inflation? Maybe we're living off the future?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Politicians and CEOs all have the inflation fetish. Simple

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

The federal reserve giving money to banks to give out as loans is why inflation is skyrocketing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An inflation rate of around 2% is healthy. It forces people to invest in stuff. If there wasn’t inflation, people would just hide their cash under their mattress, no loans would be given to anyone, it would be bad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So because of infinite growth? But we know that's not sustainable.

[–] HandBreadedTools 0 points 10 months ago

Infinite growth is fine when the thing growing isn't real, like money. Money is not a resource we find in reality, it's purely a human-made representation of value. It's only when it spreads to real resources does infinite growth become a problem.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No thanks. There are enough proer explanations without engaging in lolbertarian/goldbug conspiracies.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Nixon Shock isn't a conspiracy

[–] TheBat 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, but that website is still idiotic. Nixon shock isn't the sole reason either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a link to share?

[–] TheBat 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

isn't the sole reason

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Locking post because some conversation threads have become unproductively rude.