▲ 47 ▼ Can someone debunk the stupid “communism only works on paper” argument? (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 3 years ago* by Beam@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments I vaguely remember a user debunking this claim but I cannot find that comment and I don’t remember what post it was on.
[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 years ago (3 children) Oh it works. Just not for the vast majority of people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not even then. Even if you look at the billionaires in their doomsday bunkers, their food supply will break down as well at some point after the rest of humanity succumbs to the climate crisis or the ongoing mass extinction event. It is impossible to decouple themselves from the fate of the working class, and the design of their lives is a delusion. Capitalism, no matter how you attempt to modify, reduce, or extend it, is inherently unsustainable in the long run permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sam Bankman Fried wants to buy Nauru to set it up as a doomsday island for his buddies. Not very smart seeing as how it’s probably gonna get hit VERY hard by Climate Change permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago Are you sure he’s not just building an underwater bunker to escape the feds? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fissionami@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 years ago Good one permalink fedilink source parent [–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 years ago "They talk about the failures of socialism, well where is the success of capitalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not even then. Even if you look at the billionaires in their doomsday bunkers, their food supply will break down as well at some point after the rest of humanity succumbs to the climate crisis or the ongoing mass extinction event. It is impossible to decouple themselves from the fate of the working class, and the design of their lives is a delusion. Capitalism, no matter how you attempt to modify, reduce, or extend it, is inherently unsustainable in the long run permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sam Bankman Fried wants to buy Nauru to set it up as a doomsday island for his buddies. Not very smart seeing as how it’s probably gonna get hit VERY hard by Climate Change permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago Are you sure he’s not just building an underwater bunker to escape the feds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sam Bankman Fried wants to buy Nauru to set it up as a doomsday island for his buddies. Not very smart seeing as how it’s probably gonna get hit VERY hard by Climate Change permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago Are you sure he’s not just building an underwater bunker to escape the feds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago Are you sure he’s not just building an underwater bunker to escape the feds? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 years ago "They talk about the failures of socialism, well where is the success of capitalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America?" permalink fedilink source parent