The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWho wouldn't want to finance warm cardboard?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down134
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imageWho wouldn't want to finance warm cardboard?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·10 months agoNot really capitalism if they got the government’s economic and political support against competitors. I’d really call it Neomercantilism more than anything
minus-squareRayston@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months ago…thats literally what capitalism always does. manipulate the government for economic and political support. Thats like capitalism 101.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·10 months agoSource: your left ball
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoSource: United States vs FEC
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou’ve got a search engine
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-210 months agoI’ve got some, and none of them drops good results on this
minus-squarebiddy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThey meant Citizens United v. FEC, a supreme court case that allowed much more election advertising.
minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s Capitalism at work, lol
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months agoMy previous comment to someone who answered the same thing applies here too
minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoSo you’re one of those delusional “not real Capitalism” people? Real Capitalism hasn’t been tried yet, amiright?
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoNo, this shit comes from capitalism, which got corrupted by direct government intervention in the economy for some “muh we gotta save them” bs The government should make the rules, not play the game
minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoCapitalism itself is corrupt, lol. Any class-based system will be.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoAgain, source: your left(ist) ball
minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoDo you think systems built upon class hierarchy are resistant to corruption?
Not really capitalism if they got the government’s economic and political support against competitors. I’d really call it Neomercantilism more than anything
…thats literally what capitalism always does. manipulate the government for economic and political support. Thats like capitalism 101.
Source: your left ball
Source: United States vs FEC
TF is that?
You’ve got a search engine
I’ve got some, and none of them drops good results on this
They meant Citizens United v. FEC, a supreme court case that allowed much more election advertising.
That’s Capitalism at work, lol
My previous comment to someone who answered the same thing applies here too
So you’re one of those delusional “not real Capitalism” people? Real Capitalism hasn’t been tried yet, amiright?
No, this shit comes from capitalism, which got corrupted by direct government intervention in the economy for some “muh we gotta save them” bs
The government should make the rules, not play the game
Capitalism itself is corrupt, lol. Any class-based system will be.
Again, source: your left(ist) ball
Do you think systems built upon class hierarchy are resistant to corruption?