Author: hidd3nsyst3m
Honestly if I lived in a socialist society I would be absolutely ecstatic to get out there and serve the community. I would be so at peace knowing that my major needs like housing, health, and education were guarded and assured. I would be so delighted to pursue academic and scientific pursuits knowing that a paywall wouldn’t hinder any advances. I would be so cultured with all the art that could be produced. I would feel so confident pursuing a manual job like a locksmith, a welder, or even a bus driver if my basic financial needs were met. Hell, I would actually be inspired to join the armed forces or get directly involved with politics because a socialist society would be one worthy of defending and advancing.
But under capitalism, that sense of ambition, wonder, and opportunity just vanishes. All of my work is aimed towards making someone else rich. All science and art is held back by it’s ability to make profit. Regardless of employment, you’re still living life scrounging for change just to survive and keep a full stomach. And the state and army advances nothing but death, oppression, and destruction both at home and in other countries.
There’s no sense of security nor fulfillment in a society loyal to the dollar. Theres no inspiration to get out there and to be involved with that system. And for a people that’s low on advantages and privileges, the one feeling that does accompany us all that keeps us moving is this pervasive sense of dread.
That’s why I want to help build a society that’s loyal to the people.
A better world thats aimed towards necessity for all instead of extravagance for some.
I feel like the fact that Photoshop and other Adobe products cost hundreds of dollars and are gatekept behind walls of copyright protection, even though they really cost absolutely nothing to copy or reproduce, should tell you how far capitalism will go to sustain itself. Literally every person with a computer could he given Photoshop for free at no cost to anyone, but it isnt. This is artificial scarcity at it’s most blatant and obvious.
Capitalism finds a way to continue itself unless it is explicitly abolished. If we could spontaneously produce food, capitalism would still gatekeep it and people would still starve and die. Where we already have abolished scarcity for absolute certain, they already do that in almost the exact same relationship.
-if you have 1 billion dollars you can spend one dollar a second (or 86,400 dollars a day) and only run out after 31 years
-jeff bezos has a net worth of 112 billion dollars. Assuming he spent 86,000 dollars a day he could live for 3551 years before running out of money
-some of Jeff bezos’ money is invested in things and not easily spendable. Assuming that figure is about 50% of his net worth he will run out of liquid money in 1775 years. If 80% of his money is invested it would be 710 years, at 90% it would be 355 years.
-jeff bezos is 54, assuming he lives to be 90 he has 36 years left to live. If he spends one dollar a second (86400 dollars a day) by the time he dies he will have spent approximately 1.02% of his net worth
-jeff bezos earns an average of 275 million dollars a day. The median salary for an Amazon employee is 28,000 dollars, meaning bezos earns more money in about 10 seconds than his average employee earns in a year
-assuming Jeff bezos continues to earn money at this rate, even if he spends 1 dollar a second, spending more than 3x the money in a day than his average employee earns in a year, he will still die with over 3.7 trillion dollars.
I think the radical left – especially those of us who don’t believe in the concept of money – need to stop being pulled into the trap of talking about money. “Do we have enough money to house everyone, and where will that money come from?” is a very difficult question, rife with statistics and high-level economics, and even a well-educated leftist with facts to back them up won’t be able to stop onlookers from becoming confused with the minutiae, the talking points, the distractions, and the misinformation, and ultimately being unconvinced
“Do we have enough houses to house everyone?” is a simple, undeniable, resounding yes. No one can pretend that we don’t. “But we have to have empty houses and houseless people because The Economy” is quickly revealed as an absurd position to anyone who gives a shit about human beings
“Money” is a societal construct that stands in for labor and resources. Go directly to the labor and resources instead and you’ll always find an abundance ready to comfortably furnish the entire human race
One third of GoFundMe campaigns are for necessary medical expenses.
People are “donating” their vacation days so that a new mom can stay home with her baby.
A college-educated homeless man stood on the street handing out resumes in desperation, begging for a job, any job.
Multiple posts about parents buying teachers necessities like a car and school supplies went viral.Twitter and the media highlight these stories as heartwarming examples of “sacrifice” and people “pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.”
I call bullshit. Only in a dystopian society would we feel anything other than horrified at the thought of people crowdfunding their most basic needs.
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