reformulated: “do not give us food, give us the means of production”

  • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    It’s interesting to see the two interpretations of the “teach a man to fish” line.

    The capitalist sees it as pulling oneself by the bootstraps and individualized. The ability to fish is naturally available and there are no external influences to that ability. If you can’t do it, too bad!

    The communist wants to fish, but because he emerges from the corpses of capitalism, he has to navigate around sabotage against the ocean, lack of fishing equipment, and the theft of the fish he caught by the capitalists.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give a man aid in building a sustainable fishery infrastructure and on the day you need a fish he’ll be ready to help you.