2026-01-19 17:00:49
Just me and my trusty phone going up against Western imperialism and its trillion-dollar propaganda machine.
#Anarchism #Capitalism #Fediverse
Just me and my trusty phone going up against Western imperialism and its trillion-dollar propaganda machine.
#Anarchism #Capitalism #Fediverse
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People who are not anti-capitalist sometimes wonder: "Why is there a monopoly on X life-critical thing?" (E.g., epipens, insulin, web search).
This one is really simple actually: because monopolies are more profitable than competition, and the foundation of capitalism is that capital = power.
Various societies have recognized the necropolitical outcomes of monopolies and have tried to erect barriers to monopoly; we all know that monopolies are bad, death-and-suffering-causing things. But since these societies mostly remain capitalist, they allow these barriers to be eroded by the power of capital (to do otherwise would be to repudiate capitalism because it puts a limit on the power of money). The barriers are ineffective, and the capital = power equation holds, and monopolies result and get to do their killing & maiming thing (remember: even things like social media monopolies that you wouldn't expect to pay for political assassinations like a mining company still profit from inciting genocides). *Sometimes* there are oligopolies instead of monopolies, but instances of really competitive markets are pretty rare for things that are widely sought-after.
The "government will manage the markets to prevent bad outcomes like monopolies" strategy has failed repeatedly, spectacularly, and almost universally. To actually prevent monopolies you need a population that no longer believes that money should equal power, it's that simple. Sadly, it's actually not that simple, since all of the alternatives which equate something else to power, like "the king" or "party loyalty as judged by the supreme leader" have the same problems or worse. The attitude you need to cultivate is "nobody should have power," which is hard because *all* of the power-systems we have constantly propagandize against this attitude in myriad ways. Still, in the future once we've broken free of this age where hierarchy is accepted, people will look back and wonder whether the historical records are even credible given how much needless death and suffering were endured with little resistance.
#anarchy #capitalism
People should have a damn place to live, food to eat, and clothes to wear without having to bleed for it.
But no, capitalism makes you pay just to exist, turning human needs into profit and calling it freedom.
#Socialism #Capitalism
"Looking at the connection between #capitalism and oxygen"
He's right. So long as there's any fuel left and any oxygen left, capitalism will continue to burn everything in its path — until there's nothing left
Drilled: Drilling Deep: John Vaillant on the Climate-Fire Nexus
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RAM price crisis LIVE — latest updates on global memory shortage, expert advice and more | Tom's Guide #capitalism
Meanwhile, in Hell…
#USA #capitalism https://neopaquita.es/@Shine_McShine/11546982730643344…
I can’t believe capitalism pulled this one off again. How do you keep outdoing yourself? Truly remarkable, in the most depressing way imaginable.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
I’ll never understand how someone can claim to be a leftist while still supporting parties that defend and sustain capitalist exploitation.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
I like when the #NYPost says the quiet part out loud. See, ending illegal labor practices and paying workers a living wage is "anti-capitalist." Being in favor of #capitalism means being happy crushing your workers and driving them into poverty.
If only they said that more…
Lots of people say #capitalism is doomed. What comes after?
RE: #capitalism, ever thought …
In capitalism, the hungry are jailed for taking bread, while the rich feast untouched, and call it justice.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
Another endless night, staring at this damn screen, hoping for something that’ll never come. Feels like I’m stuck in this cycle of work, waste, and digital chains.
This fake world just keeps selling me more ways to waste time, more ways to feel empty. Everything’s a distraction. Everything’s a lie.
Capitalism is truly shit, a broken system in a clean shirt.
#Capitalism…
My house is just where I crash between shifts. If I don’t rest, I’m useless the next day. But if I don’t work the next day, no paycheck comes, and then no rest either.
So really, I just visit my place to keep functioning at the job that owns my hours. It’s like living to work, not working to live.
I don’t have a home life anymore, capitalism sucks.
#Capitalism
RE: #Capitalism
Capitalism is great! You work to earn the right to starve..... wait a minute......
#Satire #Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
"Dynamic” - "Demand based" pricing needs to be outlawed.
Ticketmaster
VIA Rail
Hotels/Accomodations
Airlines
Restaurants
They have all started using this model and it's contributing hugely to unaffordability of life.
This is my TED Talk
#Rant #Affordability #cost #regulation #capitalism
All my haters are broke, everybody else is a victim of capitalism.
#Capitalism #Hate #AntiCapitalism
Buying a House in your 30s
#Wojak #Capitalism
What is #capitalism?
#Socialism
Some billionaire is probably feeling empty right now, proof that no amount of wealth can fill the void created by a system built on inequality.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
Freedom of choice, terms and conditions apply.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism #Communism #Socialism