• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    No they don’t. They want socialism. Or democratic socialism.

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      10 months ago

      The fuck is safety capitalism? Is it just some bullshit word for people who don’t want to say socialism? Fuck, if that’s what it takes for people to accept socialism then they can call it whatever the fuck they want.

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        10 months ago

        Social democracy isn’t sexy enough of a word I suppose. It would be capitalism but with a safety net

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    10 months ago

    Christina Elson, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest University, told Business Insider that many young people had embraced an idea she calls “safety capitalism.”

    Ah yes, the executive director for the center for the study of capitalism says young folks want capitalism.

    Come the fuck on.

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      10 months ago

      It was also a feature of early stage capitalism. But instead of analysing features, it’s better to orginize and fight for political change

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        10 months ago

        Exactly, but my point is their view isn’t big enough, it’s the entire system that facilitates this to be the case. We need political change on a foundational level, like getting rid of 2 senators per state and the electoral college.

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          I agree with you in principle, but honestly, if we can get countries like the U.S. in the same position as Scandinavia in terms of a social safety net, that would be such a vast improvement over the status quo and it would be far easier to achieve.

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            10 months ago

            Yep, I don’t understand this. Do people really think the euro countries aren’t built upon capitalism?

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    10 months ago

    Lol “safety capitalism” the editors wouldn’t even let them say socialist. Just the state of the world in 2024 -fight harder, people. I personally can’t handle what this shit does to my blood pressure anymore

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    10 months ago

    I dunno. I like the one where the workers vote for who the boss at the factory is and then they all take home a share of the profits.

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    10 months ago

    The latest iteration of the same “younger people more left wing” article newspapers have been writing for 60 years.

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    10 months ago

    safety capitalism has to be the most absurd stand in for socialism or welfare I’ve ever heard lmao

    Really reaching new levels of copium

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      I wouldnt say stand in for socialism unless they’re talking about socilism. It sounds like they’re talking about capitalism with social benefits.

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    I’m fully on board with calling it “safety capitalism” or even “jesus reckoning savior economics” if i get what I want. at this point most of America just tunes out “socialism”

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    10 months ago

    This already has a name: a welfare state or socialism. No need to pull made up terms out of your ass.

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    Who comes up with these words? Boomers inventing their own propaganda

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    That’s not a safety net they are looking for, that’s pay me while I fuck off and spend on credit for 20 years.