▲ 831 ▼ fixed cyberghost's "meme" (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 years ago by Vuraniute@thelemmy.club to c/memes@lemmy.ml 942 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, why not just peg the value of 100 of a a currency to the energy used to create a loaf of bread? Then bread will always cost close to 100 and other products will be priced according to energy and not speculation. Markets aren't that efficient compared to planning. There is a reason why firms nowadays work off of a bastardized descendent of Cybersyn. but you're asking to replace the entire capitalist economy so I can only hope you understand a revolution doesn't come without risk and has never truly succeeded yet for anyone ever. Tell that to Cubans, who had a longer life expectancy than people than the US even with the blockade before Trump intensified the blockade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago That might work. Really it isn't that hard. Most societies through history have practiced some form of social production. Without the fear and lie nation of capitlaism the desire to do good and not live in a bad place has been drive enough to make things work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, why not just peg the value of 100 of a a currency to the energy used to create a loaf of bread? Then bread will always cost close to 100 and other products will be priced according to energy and not speculation. Markets aren't that efficient compared to planning. There is a reason why firms nowadays work off of a bastardized descendent of Cybersyn. but you're asking to replace the entire capitalist economy so I can only hope you understand a revolution doesn't come without risk and has never truly succeeded yet for anyone ever. Tell that to Cubans, who had a longer life expectancy than people than the US even with the blockade before Trump intensified the blockade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago That might work. Really it isn't that hard. Most societies through history have practiced some form of social production. Without the fear and lie nation of capitlaism the desire to do good and not live in a bad place has been drive enough to make things work. permalink fedilink source parent