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[–] 259 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I am the guy with the truck.

The truck is proof that Americans can and will accept socialism.

It's brocialism.

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  • [–] 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    "What if we had a system where people could get the assistance they need. We could call it... Communityism.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    But see, it's not fair if people just get what they need! You need to make sure people are paying for it!

    We can make it part of the system that each person gets help according to their needs, but each person also gives help according to their abilities. Yes yes. This is now definitely capitalism because it's transactions.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    This is now definitely capitalism because it’s transactions.

    Capitalism has nothing to do with transactions. Capitalism would be if the truck was owed by Benny, who would not show up, not fill it up with gas, not repair it, but would still receive half of pizza and 2/3 of beer.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago

    You are correct that I was not describing capitalism.
    I was participating in the silly by creeping closer to full communism and still saying it's something else.

    And I'm not sure why Benny would only get half and 2/3s respectively. They owned the truck, so they're the one that did the moving. The others are just employees.

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  • [–] 65 points 1 week ago (47 children)

    The crazy part is it doesn't matter who you voted for, everyone on both sides would generally love to help their neighbor and would offer a hand. It's just when people get involved in the macro sense that they get filled with hate and anger. Makes me sad. Let's just all move couches.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Conservatives are often nice to people they know. The in-group. The problem is when it's a scary other. So they'll let Jose couch surf for a week while he sorts out his housing situation, because he's a good guy down on his luck, but they'll rage against Those People getting anything.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    We do socialism all the time.

    Neighbors bring each other gifts. Friends feed one another. Someone is struggling and we give them what they need, no questions asked.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    That’s not really socialism, given that it is not universally distributed but depends on one’s social connections. A socialist system would have impersonal mechanisms for catching those who fall through the cracks due to not knowing enough people to ask for and repay favours. (And those people do exist: “everyone knows a guy with a truck” except perhaps for a socially isolated shut-in or someone who does not speak the language, or someone who does not fit in with the community in their truck catchment radius.)

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    I am also the guy with the truck. But I do not drive 5-speed manual very well. So the truck lives at the house of my friend who is good at driving manual. He's kind of my Tony, I guess. The truck is indeed a community resource of anyone we are decent friends with.

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