ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoWhy are many businesses in democratic nations largely undemocratic?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down16
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhy are many businesses in democratic nations largely undemocratic?ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 hours agoThe first one is true. In democracy, the people rule society In capitalism, the rich rule the economy The economy always rules society In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It’s inherently unstable because it’s self contradicting.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·17 hours agoEconomic systems are not viewed in terms of who “rules” unless we are taking a Marxist perspective. The first sentence of the post is and will always be completely untrue.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoBro just watched tech billionaires coup the US government and he still doesn’t understand the problems with the concentration of wealth.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoI’m looking forward to everybody getting red-pilled on Marx in the coming months.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does Edit: Marx (and similar theorists before him) do a better job describing Capitalism compared to those whose paychecks depend on them not understanding / distorting it.
The first one is true.
In democracy, the people rule society
In capitalism, the rich rule the economy
The economy always rules society
In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It’s inherently unstable because it’s self contradicting.
Economic systems are not viewed in terms of who “rules” unless we are taking a Marxist perspective.
The first sentence of the post is and will always be completely untrue.
Bro just watched tech billionaires coup the US government and he still doesn’t understand the problems with the concentration of wealth.
I’m looking forward to everybody getting red-pilled on Marx in the coming months.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
Edit: Marx (and similar theorists before him) do a better job describing Capitalism compared to those whose paychecks depend on them not understanding / distorting it.