Nic McConnell @NicMcC83:

this is the most devastating review of anything i've ever seen

Scary Whitta @garywhitta· 1d:

Imagine if your printer was also your car. That's what owning a Tesla is like.

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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ha! You know you are on Lemmy when "not all of us are Communists" gets pummelled by downvotes.

Apparently most are!

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, he got downvoted because he equated not supporting capitalism to communism. I think most people on Lemmy are lefties but not communists. There's a lot of in between.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    What are the other alternatives to capitalism?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Social democracy as in the European social countries for example. There's capitalism and partially free market, but its negative effects are balanced by stronger social safety nets such as free healthcare, free education, parental support, paid vacations and other public services thanks to redistribution through progressive taxes. It's not perfect but I believe it's the best of what we have actually experimented to scale for now.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Those countries have actually more free economies than many of the countries that are thought of us being hard-core capitalist. https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

    Scandinavia is #9-12, Canada #16, United States is #25, UK #28.

    Not sure if this proves or disproves anyone's point. Just thought to point that out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'm personally not against a partially free market that allows a well optimized economy as long as the potential negative impact on people and the environment are composted compensated by well enforced laws.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What? He literally just said "not all of us are Communists" any other interpretation is very much reading between lines which is a stretch when there is only one line.

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