We’re angry about unbridled end-stage capitalism
Just like with everything in life, there’s a right amount of something and its not zero. Properly regulated free market is probably the best economic system we’ve come up with. I challenge you to come up with a better system.
Its the fact that we’ve voted in greedy leaders and have such lax rules about lobbying and open bribery that’s allowed so much shit to happen.
Greedy people vote for greedy leaders. Money mattered more than morals in at least the last federal elections since 2000.
This might be a better system.
The only real problem I have with capitalism is the people that refuse to consider any other way of operating, refuse to rein it in, or immediately make it a binary choice between capitalism and “scary” communism.
Economic systems don’t need to be corralled into boxes and never be allowed cross lines. The people forcing that take are the ones profiting from the status quo, by power and/or wealth.
Any of the systems can be combined, the problem is fight against greed that makes people bend the system to funnel power money to a specific group. Whether it be the dictator and his cronies or a bunch of oligarchs. If this cannot be prevented, then no system will work without eventually crushing the average person.
Propaganda works
“There was a famine in China, which means we now only can have the most extreme forms of capitalism!” - 70% of the propaganda.
No…not everyone hates capitalism. Everyone hates uncontrolled capitalism.
Socialism isn’t some magical bandaid that will make everything better. It has a shit ton of it’s own problems and downfalls…nearly all of which are conveniently glossed over by leftists.
To me, left means progressive reform, so leftists definitely aren’t the anarchists or authoritarians who rant all day and night about the capitalism boogeyman.
“Everything is fucked… how can this be?!”
Socialism won’t keep dragons from hoarding their gold. You would just be taken advantage of for the same thing, your labor, through a different channel.
Socialism is scary and way worse than capitalism in many ways
What you’re thinking of is social democracy.
minimum wage, universal healthcare, all the nice stuff here in Europe is social-democratic, not socialist
Here’s an idea from WAAAAY out there, but what if they both suck? Because it’s just bad logic to assume that one is good because the other is bad.
We have no choice but to compare imperfect systems and pick something.
So glad to see some actual sanity in these comments in response to the ridiculous OP.
Where funny?
It’s here in the comments by someone called the word police. I think they are cousins of the wambulamce.
It’s not funny, but it’s still irony.
Memes are supposed to be funny. I didn’t laugh at this
Memes are not supposed to be funny. Them being funny has just become a side effect if memes.
This looks more like a prompt to an AI meme generator than an actual meme.
The most boomer take I’ve ever heard about memes 💀
I mean… If you say so. But I guess you’ve never seen any political memes that dunk on the opposition, or “so relatable” memes, or memes with encouraging themes…
Hot take: I don’t think those are memes either😶. Although so relatable can be kind of funny in their own right. Those get a special pass
Then your personal take is in conflict with the definition of a meme.
