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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The Game Boy alone proves this whole capitalist rhetoric wrong. It was the most successful hand held game system for two reasons, it was cheaper than the rest and it went through batteries slower, otherwise it was objectively the worst handheld game system on the market at the time. Look at the food you are able to eat, the clothes you are able to wear, and the place you are able to live and try to tell me the driving force on those decisions was quality. Capitalism is not concerned with improving anything, that is not the goal of the system.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

The goal is to get the highest score.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (6 children)

Copyright and inheritance can’t exist in a capitalist society

Under true capitalism, everyone starts at 0 regardless of their birth and the only way to make more money than someone else is to work more hours regardless of profession. Over saturation of a given market is fixed by the invisible hand where people just move onto something that gives more hours

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Copyright used to have a hard limit in years. Inheritance used to pack a substantial tax.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 20 hours ago

Under true capitalism, everyone starts at 0 regardless of their birth

Then true capitalism will never exist. At best, it's a Platonic Ideal.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 7 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

A society where no one has capital and the only way to get ahead is to provide more labour? And you call them steamed hams despite the fact they're obviously grilled?

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is no one going to talk about how a rune pickaxe is WAAY more expensive than a bronze pick?

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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 38 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Someone gets it.

Lets instead do this:

Every citizen, irrespective of their nationality, skincolor, gender has the right to:

  • living quarters
  • work
  • maximum of 7 hours of work
  • free healthcare
  • paid vacation
  • equal pay and treatment for women
  • freedom of religion and speech

This is directly taken from a 1936 constitution. Today one could improve on it but we're so much worse, everywhere.

Now guess which one.

Go check if you dare

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago

And those were obviously 100% kept 🤡

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 16 points 23 hours ago

The maximum hours you can work did not apply to everyone as my former boss has stories of working 12+ hours in the gulag he was sent to for reasons he does not know.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Luckily, the Soviet union treated homosexuals to a similar standard. /s

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Couldn't we just add equality for sexual orientation and gender expression to a new list of rights, along with the things already mentioned?

OP even said, "Today one could improve on it," implying that the referenced constitution isn't meant to be a comprehensive list for the modern day.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Uh... This is coming from the folks who said "he who does not work, neither shall he eat" during a famine so... uh... yeah, that's not the flex you think it is.

Edit: And in case anyone is wondering, this gets worse with context.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (9 children)

As opposed to the current time of surplus and abundance where it is if "you don't work you don't eat". Which is morally a lot worse considering there is more than enough food to feed everyone

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (28 children)

Stalin 1936 constitution. Holidays for "enemies of the people" were unpaid and in a quite cold climate of Siberia. They also cared about fitness of citizens by ensuring no one has too much of food. And if you didn't like it, you get a free ride in a black car to the place of final rest.

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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago

I like the idea of little guys coming up with things being able to get a head start from the companies with massive budgets

HOWEVER. imo the big company should not be able to patent anything

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