• SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    23 hours ago

    I would prefer to work a job than to grind in a videogame. Unfortunately, Americans live in a nation where bad working conditions, low pay, heavy competition, instability, and ghost jobs makes job seeking unpalatable.

    American capitalism is a cancer.

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        17 hours ago

        True. Even the Nordic Model nations are backsliding from what I hear. It is why I think that we need to try an wholly artificial economic system, with rules and principles. Similar to a Constitution’s framework, but focused on providing for the wellbeing of all citizens.

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          6 hours ago

          Yes socialism will work with another name attached to it.

          The only social system that can work is if democracy comes into the workplace, and that is what socialism is. When workers unite and control the means of production, then we will all truly be free. This is what Marx meant by saying: “Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains.”

          The only problem is the name. Some have called it democracy at work, but I feel that is not snappy enough.