=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-1018 yep. monopolies are not competition, and yet that's what we optimize toward, through the nature of our planned economics. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3156 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ our economy is not tuned to how much we can work, but rather to the minimum we need to recover. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5038 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ if you're gonna insist on capitalism, every country should have the same GDP ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1489 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-I-guess │ └──────────────────────┘ If supply and demand were real laws that guided the invisible hand of our economy, then housing would have gotten cheaper after COVID. And yet, time and again, that hand is shown to be nothing more than greed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1777 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed land not by charging money to keep it but rather by taking some of it and giving it to the bureau of land management ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/80 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "Capitalism doesn't hurt me, so it's fine!" - most of America ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4153 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ someday corporations will realize that the best way to maximize profit is to eliminate billionaires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1757 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ economic calamities are just moments when the richest decide which of their peers they don't want to hang out with anymore. And the rest of us have to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2045 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/487 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I don't really care about capitalism, sorry... why should the butcher be paid more than the baker? It's all a bit silly to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/404 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── They don't build toll roads to abstract taxes. They build them to keep track of where you're going. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5287 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── we all need each other, no matter how much we don't want to need. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6279 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── people can't compel you to give gifts, that's why they're gifts. which is why a gift economy can't be all, because sometimes you need something now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #13 fediverse/833 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-591 yep they're very profitable for the banks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4271 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ if control of a company (or other component or factor of an economy) is not sufficiently distributed, political biases may slip in to decisionmaking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/315 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── The need to engage with capitalism has reduced my output dramatically. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4974 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ Economies are capitalist things. I personally think if you have stuff right here, and it needs to get over there so that so-and-so can use it to make this-or-that which will then be taken to other places, then the answer is clear. The stuff has to move from over here, to over there. The rest is logistics, not economics. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1790 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-883 The USPS is a model for how our economic system should be run, in my honest opinion. At least the logistical parts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3914 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1286 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics" means they shouldn't be in charge of them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ |