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.
@TikiTakaConnor I like it. Arteta using the “we’ll see” Chinese farmer proverb! And he’s right. We’ll see if this challenge helps Ethan develop in the right way.
US inflation today and the tariff effect, according to real-time price data:
US CPI: 0.94%
US Goods inflation: 1.14%
US Services inflation: 0.84%
Our data suggest that goods prices began rising shortly after the tariff announcement in April 2025 and continued to increase gradually before easing from December 2025 onward.
The diminishing difference between goods and services inflation suggests the effect of 2025 tariffs has now been completely priced in.
We estimated that the pass-through effect on goods prices contributed to a cumulative 0.8% increase in Truflation CPI by November 2025. In the absence of tariffs, the November CPI would have been closer to 1.5%. If anything, 2025 tariffs might have temporarily deferred deflation.
The overall tariff-related inflation in our price data was relatively modest compared to the announced tariff rates, indicating limited pass-through to consumers, with the bulk of the burden absorbed by foreign producers and importers.
Hell has officially frozen over.
Mark Cuban PRAISES President Trump for his record low pharmaceutical prices:
“We’ll work with TrumpRX. I mean it’s incredible, it’s stupendous, it’s like the most incredible program ever.”
Macclesfield defender Sam Heathcote is a teacher and was back in school on Monday, just two days after beating Crystal Palace in the FA Cup's greatest upset 😲
He quite rightly received a hero's reception 👏
There’s a shopping centre in Merseyside called Liverpool One. So Everton Football Club opened a club shop there called Everton Two.
The official address is literally: Everton Two, Liverpool One.
Elite levels of pettiness. 😂🤣
Putting this gem back up because it perfectly captures where we are today...
Earlier in the year, NIU Head Football Coach Thomas Hammock didn't hold back when discussing the realities of NIL, revenue sharing, and the chaos of the NCAA Transfer Portal
https://t.co/75tmw2mqYE
🚨 Chamath on Why New York Times Runs Hit Jobs on Non-Establishment Figures
“The whole point was to get enough chatter … so that people like Sacks, and other people in the future just say, I'm not going to try this … What they want are people they can … ultimately co-opt.”