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AFineWayToDie [he/him]
“The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.”
People would do jobs because they serve their community.
In capitalism, automation keeps costs down. Under socialism, it reduces the amount of work necessary to achieve the same result.
No one would have to spend 40 hours a week doing it. Imagine the amount of labour necessary for our standard of living, divided amongst the numbers of available workers. Consider how much of out “economy” is just bullshit industries like finance, marketing, consultation, etc. I’d spent 4 hours a week doing almost anything, if it paid the same as 40, and let me spend the rest of the week fucking around.
There’s a great podcast, Talking Simpsons , which analyzes each episode to death, and reveals amazing factoids, political references, and other minor things. Plus the hosts are comrades, and have had all 5 Chapos on as guest hosts at least once. You haven’t appreciated “Homer’s Enemy” until you hear how it represents the alt-right.
Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
Interesting look into the machinery of American imperialism, but we aren’t gonna be saved by hoping someone in power suddenly grows a conscience.
HUNTER GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT