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[–] KimjongTOOILL 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The privatization/defunding/enshittification of public services in favor of alternatively paying directly to large corporations, typically offering less value, will eventually lead to the workforce not being able to complete globally. You'd think that would be enough for them to be smart enough not to do that, but instead, they will just outsource the jobs to elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Imperialism in action, which is also why Imperialism defeats itself.

[–] fedev 6 points 2 days ago

Ecco the dolphin vibes

[–] CybertoothTiger 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not contradicting, trying to learn here. How is it a feature of capitalism, and not fascism? Or are the two similar enough they can effectively be put in the same group?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fascism is Capitalism in decline. They aren't distinct systems, but the same one meshed.

[–] mrcleanup 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh .. capitalism is an economic model, fascism is political. One may enable or encourage the other, but I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say they are the same.

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

What causes fascism to rise or fall? Whose interests does it serve? The economy is political, politics are economic in nature, you cannot divorce the two.

[–] mrcleanup 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That's like saying that since you never see deer ticks except with deer, they are the same animal as the deer. Just because things commonly appear together does not mean they are the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

No, it isn't. The economy forms the Base, while politics forms the Superstructure. You cannot have one without the other, and they are tangled.

[–] NegativeInf 1 points 2 days ago