@opalbluewaves@Irgunchobersbra@omgsidewalks We aren't rich, this country cannot even pay its bills. 1 trillion of deficits every 100 days thanks to our ponzi monetary system.
@omgsidewalks You've been hoodwinked into thinking what we use today is even actually money. This is why things are how they are. Fix the money, fix many if not most of the problems we have today.
@NewProgressUSA It would never work if we stay on a debt based monetary system. What good is UBI if the currency you're paid in is trash fiat currency that continues to be debased by large amounts?
Coercive monopolies can only be enforced by government. If you look at all of the current monopolies, duopolies, oligopolies, they all have laws by government to give them an unfair advantage.
Cartelism is a failure of government by allowing laws to be written to hamper competition.
@AZJCW_26@DandelionQueen8@mcsquared34 Capitalism is an impossibility with central banking(the fifth plank of communism). Capitalism died in 1913 in the United States.
@DandelionQueen8@mcsquared34 Crony capitalism is an oxymoron. It's like saying hot ice, it makes no sense. Cronyism has nothing to do with free markets.
@KirkSpano@bryanrbeal Social security is a ponzi scheme. Wish I didn't have to pay for it because it is not set up to live forever no matter how well managed it is.
@jeremyct Both are some of the most evil taxes out there. Property taxes ensure you never truly own property. Capital gains tax you because your currency lost value. The only one more evil is the income tax. Punish people for working.
@stevenscullion0@intlmandotcom We definitely need change and not status quo, I agree. Keeping our current debt based monetary system will only further lead to decline.
Mamdani can't fix anything with his policies because it doesn't fix the currency debasement. He can steal every cent from the rich and redistribute it, but it doesn't fix our debt based monetary system which is debasing the currency faster than he could redistribute it. Bold new leadership would end central banking(major pillar of communism btw) and return to sound money that holds its value for generations. Mamdani's policies are a treatment for a symptom that does not cure the underlying disease.
@OGsDontFold A free market allows you to create your own business and succeed on your own. What we have now is not capitalism and under socialism or communism you become "just a cog" in the state's machine.