ChonkyOwlbear

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If the essentials of life are all shifted to "welfare capitalism" the power of class and capital to subjugate is greatly diminished. Add in mass union membership and it gets even better.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not really. It's entirely possible to pick and choose. We chose a socialist model for fire department because the capitalist model proved disastrous. Many countries successfully did the same for healthcare, retirement, and all sorts of things. At the same time, capitalism is great when you want a million choices on TV to watch or a grocery store with a whole aisle of different types of cookies.

To me, the difference is the impact of failures. If someone starts a company making a new type of cookie and it proves not to be profitable, it goes bankrupt. Unfortunate, but ultimately not a big deal. If someone has cancer and curing them isn't profitable, you can't just give up. That person's life is more important than profit.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (7 children)

People argue back and forth whether capitalism or socialism/communism is a superior system and they are all wrong. Those concepts are just tools. Saying one economic system applies to all situations is as silly as saying the only tool you need to build a house is a hammer.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure the current Supreme Court wouldn't agree with you.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Unfortunately, not true.

the analysis offered in this Article indicates three things: (1) America’s voters can legally place that person in the vice-presidency; (2) that person can later succeed from that office to the presidency; and (3) if such a succession occurs, no cap on the duration of resulting presidential service will inhibit that person from serving out the full remainder of the term.

https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1012/

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mmm...coconut oil.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

There are dozens of us!

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

Or the Holy Trinity of Cajun and creole cooking, celery, onions, and bell pepper.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Scientology of course!

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I've seen enough HGTV to know the answer is always shiplap.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (4 children)

If you want a religion that follows conventional laws of thermodynamics, Christianity is not for you.

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