So they can replace all workers. and won’t be able to make profit because they layed off all of the workers. Why do we need a government if they are investing all our resources in phasing us out? If you don’t work in our system you die so why are we allowing this again?
Because people are stupid, the difference in intelligence between the stupidest and smartest people is increasing, and democracy puts the decision making process in the hands of the masses which are intrinsically stupid
It’s a whole system designed for “intelligent” (read: manipulative, immoral, rich) people to take advantage of stupid people, and it works wonderfully in their favor.
And there’s fuck all an average person can do about it besides attempt to deal with the stupid people and convince them to do more intelligent things.
I hate it here. I want to be surrounded by people capable of reason already…
If only capitalist democracy put the decision making power in the hands of the masses. We would have universal healthcare by now and like none of the wars of the past 30 years.
No, really it’s the capitalists who make decisions, and they’ve designed it so that the people who own capital can take advantage of the people who don’t own capital. It’s got very little to do with smart vs stupid, and very much to do with “has” vs “has not.”
I, too, have a fundamental hatred of the bell curve humanity finds itself on. I have better things I want to do than convince a bunch of dumb fucks to make better decisions. The psychopaths on the other hand delight in manipulating idiots. This is why I believe we should genetically study psychopathy and CRISPR that shit away.
The rich have it going both ways. They have convinced a subset of the lower classes to fight amongst and blame each other. Meanwhile they very shortdightedly are maximizing profits (not from the lower classes anymore because they have essentially bled us dry) but from other rich people who want to invest to maximize profits.
They have forgotten that the only way capitalism remains sustainable over time is if they continue to both provide products and services lower class individuals will spend money on, and if they continue to pay those lower class individuals money so they have money to spend. Right now they’re busy grifting each other and our government is too stupid to look to the future, realize that the bubble has to pop sometime, and realize what that will mean for the market, the tax system, the tax payers, and the populace at large.
This is class warfare for profits over literally everything and it is going to crash the economy probably sooner rather than later.
A smart parasite keeps its host alive. It limits the substance it leeches, prioritizing long term survival over short term satisfaction.
A dumb parasite takes as much as it can. Even if it causes the host to die, and the parasite to die with it.
Of course - “smart” and “dumb” are used liberally here. The organism itself is not intelligent, and neither is the process who designed it. At least - that’s how it works in nature.
It’s more of an informed host and an uninformed host.
The parasites are the corps. Some of us know that we’re the product and we do what we can to mitigate that. But there’s not a real feasible way to opt out of society. People gotta eat. People gotta sleep. They gotta provide for their families. They gotta have shelter. They gotta figure out ways not to freeze to death. Ways to stay healthy.
We have the power to cut out the corporations and oligarchs from the means of production. We really don’t need them. They are parasites. We simply (the majority) stop allowing worker exploitation and the ownership class to exist. They need the workers to enforce their social contract but the social contract has been broken for a long time. We simply stop recognizing their corrupt laws, property rights and money and start trading. They don’t have the manpower to stop us from continuing to produce food and necessities en masse while ignoring their broken system of extravagance, gambling and exploitation.
and then try to salvage thier industry, by hiring"cheaply" SENIOR tech/engineers,etc and maybe outsource to AI=ALWAYS indians and still face bankruptcy.
So they can replace all workers. and won’t be able to make profit because they layed off all of the workers. Why do we need a government if they are investing all our resources in phasing us out? If you don’t work in our system you die so why are we allowing this again?
Because idiots think that if we let the super rich become ultra rich then they will somehow in turn become regular rich.
Because people are stupid, the difference in intelligence between the stupidest and smartest people is increasing, and democracy puts the decision making process in the hands of the masses which are intrinsically stupid
It’s a whole system designed for “intelligent” (read: manipulative, immoral, rich) people to take advantage of stupid people, and it works wonderfully in their favor.
And there’s fuck all an average person can do about it besides attempt to deal with the stupid people and convince them to do more intelligent things.
I hate it here. I want to be surrounded by people capable of reason already…
If only capitalist democracy put the decision making power in the hands of the masses. We would have universal healthcare by now and like none of the wars of the past 30 years.
No, really it’s the capitalists who make decisions, and they’ve designed it so that the people who own capital can take advantage of the people who don’t own capital. It’s got very little to do with smart vs stupid, and very much to do with “has” vs “has not.”
This is exactly it. It’s also why education has been under attack since the 80’s. It’s also why we fund schools based on the property tax
yea, the fact that Trump won the elections kinda supports my argument
people act as they vote
I, too, have a fundamental hatred of the bell curve humanity finds itself on. I have better things I want to do than convince a bunch of dumb fucks to make better decisions. The psychopaths on the other hand delight in manipulating idiots. This is why I believe we should genetically study psychopathy and CRISPR that shit away.
The rich have it going both ways. They have convinced a subset of the lower classes to fight amongst and blame each other. Meanwhile they very shortdightedly are maximizing profits (not from the lower classes anymore because they have essentially bled us dry) but from other rich people who want to invest to maximize profits.
They have forgotten that the only way capitalism remains sustainable over time is if they continue to both provide products and services lower class individuals will spend money on, and if they continue to pay those lower class individuals money so they have money to spend. Right now they’re busy grifting each other and our government is too stupid to look to the future, realize that the bubble has to pop sometime, and realize what that will mean for the market, the tax system, the tax payers, and the populace at large.
This is class warfare for profits over literally everything and it is going to crash the economy probably sooner rather than later.
There are two kinds of parasites:
Of course - “smart” and “dumb” are used liberally here. The organism itself is not intelligent, and neither is the process who designed it. At least - that’s how it works in nature.
So basically neoliberals are smart parasites and republicans are dumb parasites
It’s more of an informed host and an uninformed host.
The parasites are the corps. Some of us know that we’re the product and we do what we can to mitigate that. But there’s not a real feasible way to opt out of society. People gotta eat. People gotta sleep. They gotta provide for their families. They gotta have shelter. They gotta figure out ways not to freeze to death. Ways to stay healthy.
We have the power to cut out the corporations and oligarchs from the means of production. We really don’t need them. They are parasites. We simply (the majority) stop allowing worker exploitation and the ownership class to exist. They need the workers to enforce their social contract but the social contract has been broken for a long time. We simply stop recognizing their corrupt laws, property rights and money and start trading. They don’t have the manpower to stop us from continuing to produce food and necessities en masse while ignoring their broken system of extravagance, gambling and exploitation.
They win if the bubble pops too because then they just buy everything for pennies on the dollar
Unfortunately true. But the only reason they can do that is because they’ll get tax payer money for a bailout.
and then try to salvage thier industry, by hiring"cheaply" SENIOR tech/engineers,etc and maybe outsource to AI=ALWAYS indians and still face bankruptcy.