enchntedapril:

apersnicketylemon:

buachaill-bronach:

greysorcery:

apersnicketylemon:

“Capitalism made your-”

No. LABOUR made it. LABOUR made my phone, my laptop, the internet, this website, my clothing, my house, all social media, and everything else. LABOUR makes things, Capitalism doesn’t because economic systems don’t ‘make’ anything, they just determine who gets paid for making things.

I just came.

But if capitalism wasn’t a thing, companies like Apple (who I despise btw) would simply not exist to ever produce the product, you could argue that the smartphone or something like the internet would never have arisen without capitalism op

No, actually, you could not argue there would be less technology. There would be more, because the geniuses who die in poverty would have had the opportunity to pursue their passion. There have been thousands of geniuses who will never be known because of capitalism, and who’s inventions we will never now know because they chose to eat and have shelter or became homeless.

If Capitalism was not our existing state, but Socialism was, we would have increases in art, innovation, technology, and more. Because people would not be forced to choose between trying to invent the next incredible thing that connects the world, and eating. People would not be forced to decide if they wanted to pay rent or pursue their passion for painting.

Are you living in some dream world where you have never heard of the MANY socialist and communist societies where people who were intellectuals or artists were systematically condemned? Where cities were cleared out and everyone sent to the country? So North Korea doesn’t exist in your world? Are you really that stupid?? And don’t bother with “well that’s not REAL socialism” as if human nature doesn’t exist and so those in charge won’t always rig the system to work better for themselves than for everyone else…