cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9486838
Hot take: capitalism works when you turn capitalism against itself. Let corporates compete with each other to create high quality of products for every niche it can find.
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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Hot take: the whole (theoretical) concept behind capitalism
Not the "whole". That part is the "Free Market Economy", which is one part of what defines Capitalism. The other part is private ownership of the means of production.
You can have a free market economy also without private ownership of the means of production. I.e. worker or state owned companies can compete in a free market.
water on your take - capitalism seeks always to maximize returns to capital holders. Therefore monopoly and cartel behavior will be the inevitable result without a countervailing force.
Even more water - political power cannot contain capitalism, because economic power can be exchanged for political and military power. Only ownership of capital by the society in general provides a way to avoid oligarchy long-term.
True. I was just unsure if people remember it :D
Owners pay workers,
As little as possible,
Workers vote for that
If workers consistently elected the platform with pro-worker planks and has passed bills when they had enough majority, all could have healthcare even when laid off so Evil Corp can make the extra 0.03% profit, paid sick and family leave and school meals for students, all help working families and basic expectations in other countries. All this reduces the artificial scarcity that the owners inflict on us.
Find out more here or on your own, but check sources. Q: How does artificial scarcity of basic needs, make it hard for people to feel and do better in life and they numb with social media, which makes it worse?
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Poor little capitalism and helpless billionaires are being suppressed by the all mighty socialism and the overwhelming might of the workforce!
...Is what I wish I could claim. I mean can you imagine? One can dream.
Reminds me of everyone who was saying "This thing happening under Trump is like a trial run of the Biden Administration"
The people are just that fucking dumb
It astounds me that people fall for this shit
They don’t. It’s just a dogwhistle for racism. It doesn’t have to make sense.
You are giving people too much credit
It astounds me people still vote for Malcolm Roberts, how is this dickhead still in parliament?!
In May 2026, Malcolm Roberts was quoted saying he was 'in two minds' as to whether gay people should be considered equal.
He's also a climate change denier, sovereign citizen and supporter of a total abortion ban in Australia. Basically he's a complete piece of shit.
Hell, I was listening renown family man Barnaby Joyce on ABC radio this morning and I’m amazed at some of the morons who manage to get voted into gov positions.
I loved watching him avoid highlighting how much poorer future elderly Australians will be with their shit super plan like the piece of shit that he is. This is "just print more money" all over again ..
have you not met any Australian voters?
paraphrasing Donald Horne, we're a nation of fools voting for idiots
Yeah, it just surprises me how low we can go =(
He's a senator, and so he doesn't have to do anything since he's on the top of the One Nation ticket. The continuing and increasing popularity of that party certainly says something about the Australian people, however.
Some of it is stupidly falling for it.. But don't underestimate how much of it is either bad faith actors or people who just want to beleive it.
All they need is someone to say the thing they want to hear and that settles it... Socialism bad see?
In capitalism the gains are privatized, losses are socialized.
The material conditions are not right for true capitalism with trickle-down yet.
I don't know, I'm feeling pretty trickled on in this economy 😿
Actual capitalism has been suppressed in the US for a long time, don't let it happen to you. A little kids lemon juice stand being shut down for not having a permit is a perfect example, while corpos getting away with killing people is just the cost of business.
Edit: I think whoever down voted me probably misunderstood me.
Personally, I buy and sell equipment; things that people need, and are almost always broken. I fix the stuff and sell it reasonably, I do have some altruistic tendencies. Like the washer or dryer that will just end up at the dump gets fixed for someone that's in a pinch. The capitalism that people hate is companies like microsoft and sony.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
My point overall was that, when it comes to a person, capitalism is heavily regulated; but a giant company gets to get away with anything.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
That isn't regulation though - that's capitalism.
The fact that they made it illegal to jailbreak things isn't an accident - capitalism REQUIRES a state, and will use it to push advantages of the rich, always.
You being your own boss isn't being a capitalist.
What we see in the US is actually the end form of capitalism where it transcended the market to influence politics and capture the market even more.
Free markets aren't exclusive to capitalism, and I would argue that the markets would be freer under socialism as it would respond to the needs of the community first and foremost.
You're right, that would probably be better for all of us. I've listened to a lot of speeches by Michael Parenti; there are way better systems than what we have to put up with. He discusses this subject really well and I think that we could potentially take steps back in society and restore a better world. I try to make a difference, I don't like seeing all of us get fucked over and over for profit. It's unnecessary.