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For the Americans, might help. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The US isn't a country.

It's a business dressed up as a country.

(More like 50 countries dressed up as a business dressed up as a country, but then even that gets more complicated)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    wtf do we call our society, anyhow? Just "capitalist"? Is that still the term?

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

    Oligarchy

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

    You know, I probably agree. We've, at the least, been headed in that direction. And, are likely about to plunge all the way in, a month from now

    I looked up oligarchy on Wikipedia out of curiosity. Although it's debated, the U.S. is listed as an example of one

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    I would have agreed on the "probably" until Musk basically bought his way into max corruption with a seat right next to the president.
    Those 40 billion he has practically lost on Xitter, will most likely be gained already within the first year.
    There is no doubt IMO that USA is now de-facto an oligarchy.

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

    Apart from also being an oligarchy, yes it is capitalist.
    But here (Denmark) we would technically call it SUPER capitalist.
    Because Denmark is also capitalist, but like the rest of EU, we balance capitalism with general interests of society. Where USA favor capitalism way more.

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