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minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down6·2 days agoPeople under Capitalism: Oh no, our jobs are being automated. 😱😭 People under Socialism: Finally! Now that our jobs are being automated, I can chill and watch TV, maybe go on a vacation. 😎🏖🍺🎉🎊🎇🎆 (Btw, USSR/Russia and PRC are not socialist, don’t get confused)
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 days agoBut you’re living in capitalism. Unless government forces billionaires to fund social programs, they will just keep getting richer, just like it’s happening right now (if we ignore the crashing markets, but you get the idea)
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoThat’s why we used to tax the morbidly rich at a 90% rate in the 50s
People under Capitalism: Oh no, our jobs are being automated. 😱😭
People under Socialism: Finally! Now that our jobs are being automated, I can chill and watch TV, maybe go on a vacation. 😎🏖🍺🎉🎊🎇🎆
(Btw, USSR/Russia and PRC are not socialist, don’t get confused)
But you’re living in capitalism. Unless government forces billionaires to fund social programs, they will just keep getting richer, just like it’s happening right now (if we ignore the crashing markets, but you get the idea)
That’s why we used to tax the morbidly rich at a 90% rate in the 50s