I really feel obligated to point out that most of us are really not exploited ‘to the fullest’. We live in the best time for the common man since man began.
That may be damnation by faint praise, but given that the meme is showing medieval peasants, and the widespread misconception that medieval serfs ‘had it better’ than we did, technology aside…
Maybe billionaires should get a real job that contributes.
I actually disagree. ‘Prisoner’ isn’t a job, yet it’s definitely what they should end up as.
You are not wrong, but capitalism is the most violent power structures to ever exist - even a fascist will reject the idea of infinite consumption in a finite universe.
This quite clearly asserts that capitalism is a separate entity and is more violent than fascism.
See the thing is the benefits we have over peasants are just things that in the end help the billionaire class. Having more money and access to more goods just helps line their pockets more. Meanwhile the things peasants had that we don’t, the main one being the amount of time off from working, would not help the billionaires so they make sure we can’t get it so they can reap the productivity advances of technology to increase their wealth.
See the thing is the benefits we have over peasants are just things that in the end help the billionaire class. Having more money and access to more goods just helps line their pockets more.
Okay. It also helps us not die, and live in relative comfort, and save a great deal of time that would otherwise be spent on menial chores and labor. We take things for granted that past generations would have (and did) literally killed over.
Meanwhile the things peasants had that we don’t, the main one being the amount of time off from working,
This is exactly the misconception I was talking about, thank you for demonstrating.
Gotta love when people think that not having to work for an employer is free time and not “do what is effectively chores you need to survive”.
There are probably people in the developed world now where I could agree they have it worse than the average medieval peasant, but then we’re comparing the worst situation to the average.
I really feel obligated to point out that most of us are really not exploited ‘to the fullest’. We live in the best time for the common man since man began.
That may be damnation by faint praise, but given that the meme is showing medieval peasants, and the widespread misconception that medieval serfs ‘had it better’ than we did, technology aside…
I actually disagree. ‘Prisoner’ isn’t a job, yet it’s definitely what they should end up as.
I think you still have a liberal living inside your head - you might want to do something about that.
I’m not inclined to take political criticism seriously from someone who thinks capitalism is more violent than fascism.
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This quite clearly asserts that capitalism is a separate entity and is more violent than fascism.
Whoops, missed that, lol
That’s certainly a spicy take. Wouldn’t fascism do the same thing in the end, as it innately justifies eternal conquest???
No it isn’t - fascism and capitalism is quite complementary to each other, though. After all… the liberal nation state requires both to exist.
If you don’t understand why capitalism is far more violent than even fascism is it simply means you don’t understand either.
See the thing is the benefits we have over peasants are just things that in the end help the billionaire class. Having more money and access to more goods just helps line their pockets more. Meanwhile the things peasants had that we don’t, the main one being the amount of time off from working, would not help the billionaires so they make sure we can’t get it so they can reap the productivity advances of technology to increase their wealth.
Okay. It also helps us not die, and live in relative comfort, and save a great deal of time that would otherwise be spent on menial chores and labor. We take things for granted that past generations would have (and did) literally killed over.
This is exactly the misconception I was talking about, thank you for demonstrating.
Gotta love when people think that not having to work for an employer is free time and not “do what is effectively chores you need to survive”.
There are probably people in the developed world now where I could agree they have it worse than the average medieval peasant, but then we’re comparing the worst situation to the average.