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Podcast 197 - DC Ewww - is now available. My thoughts on the main characters involved in the upcoming DCU projects Supergirl & Lanterns and my expectations.
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Under capitalism, socialists are free to build socialism.
Under socialism, capitalists aren’t free to build anything.
Nothing stops a group of socialists pooling their money, forming a company, and splitting every wage and every pound of profit perfectly equally.... Or to donate all profit to the government.
It’s legal. It’s easy. Owning the means of production is as simple as setting up a company.
Marx wrote his manifesto before the invention of limited liability companies. Back then “seize the factory” meant seizing it from the handful of families who could afford one.
That argument expired the day anyone could start a company with limited liability, raise investment and hire who they want.
Socialists are free to lead by example and demonstrate their system works. They can out-recruit, out-motivate, out-build and out innovate based on their ideas if they like. It would prove the philosophy works. Capitalism will happily host their experiment.
The fact that nobody does this tells you a lot.
“Greater good” is the oldest costume tyranny ever wore. Once sacrifice becomes moral, every atrocity becomes negotiable and every individual becomes expendable. Rights exist precisely to forbid treating human beings as fuel for someone else’s utopia.
Stupid left-wing millennials and fellow zoomers think that the reason they cannot afford groceries, car payments, and rent is because of rich people who are more successful than they are “price gouging” them.
No, the main reason for why things are expensive is because of inflation which has outpaced wage growth significantly since 2020. What causes inflation? Printing money. Why does that happen? Because the federal government spends more money than they take in via taxes, which causes the national debt to rise. They then “fix” it by having the Treasury print money to match the money supply to the debt.
Basic economics.
Why are we $40 trillion in debt, you ask?
Two reasons: The military industrial complex and welfare / entitlement programs like Medicare / Medicaid and Social Security that pay out more than people “pay in.” And, the latter has only become worse with a top-heavy age 65+ population.
Left-wingers want “free this” and “free that,” but the more of that they get, the higher taxes will have to be. And, the higher taxes are, the less money that you will have in your pocket to pay rent, pay for groceries, to take a vacation, or simply save / invest.
That’s how this works.
Corporate greed exists, yes. And, that should be dealt with accordingly.
But the main reason you cannot afford things is because of the government that you pucker your lips up for to kiss their ass. There is nothing lamer than being a shill for the Democrat and Republican uniparty running the show.
Quit being simps for the government. All they do is make your life more miserable. They aren’t here to help. Neither party. It would be best if young people quit having that illusion.