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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIMO anybody who promotes competition and antimonopoly is a working class hero.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“Competition” is not a working class interest. Solidarity is.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYeah well Monopoly isn’t solidarity, it’s oppression, so fighting that is good in my book.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoA liberal fights a monopoly by competition, so that no single capitalist gains more profits over the other capitalists. A socialist fights a monopoly by socializing it and making it a utility that works to meet the needs of the population, eliminating the profit motive.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnd the true enemy endorses monopoly, so I’m happy to call liberals my friends.
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSure, no problem with that, but they’re not “working class heroes”, which is what I reacted to in the first place.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLack of alternatives is always bad, the needs of the population are rarely homogeneous.
IMO anybody who promotes competition and antimonopoly is a working class hero.
“Competition” is not a working class interest. Solidarity is.
Yeah well Monopoly isn’t solidarity, it’s oppression, so fighting that is good in my book.
A liberal fights a monopoly by competition, so that no single capitalist gains more profits over the other capitalists.
A socialist fights a monopoly by socializing it and making it a utility that works to meet the needs of the population, eliminating the profit motive.
And the true enemy endorses monopoly, so I’m happy to call liberals my friends.
Sure, no problem with that, but they’re not “working class heroes”, which is what I reacted to in the first place.
Lack of alternatives is always bad, the needs of the population are rarely homogeneous.