Yes, and thus there is a tendency for the rate of profit to fall.

Homophobia, racism, ableism, and more racism, lmao.

Guess Joe Rogan is too progressive for you, maybe Ben Shapiro or Nick Fuentes is more your speed?

Not even Australian myself lol

They’re lyrics, intentionally making the service worse for people with hearing disabilities is ableist.

To be fair, that’s just Lemmy.world in general at this point in time. It’s only gotten worse.

Yes, pyongyang propaganda from a pair of aussies touching grass.

I think you need to take your own advice and stop watching Joe Rogan.

Not voting at all for your leadership isn’t democracy.

They do, though.

Besides all of this, China hasn’t even gotten rid of capitalism anyway. So they’re not only a dictatorship but they’re also practically a fascist one with worker aesthetics.

China has elections, so not sure why you’re calling “fascist,” it’s closer to a Social Democracy.

Half of the shit we buy in America is made in China by wage slaves who cannot advocate for themselves under threat of being carried off to jail or executed.

Mind finding some sources of this happening?

All in all, you’re deeply goofy. It’s like you believe everything the US state department says.

Try watching a video of two guys going to North Korea to get a haircut.

You do realize you’ve moved the goal posts over time, right? Flawed democracy is still democracy, and if you’re going to pretend it isn’t then we have to agree that the US isn’t a democracy either.

2019, I believe. Wikipedia has the results.

George W. Bush

Lmao

America is a one party dictatorship, and in typical American extravagence, it has two of them.

Not even checking the links? It’s wikipedia, lol

Who says I don’t have will? You can’t vibe material conditions into changing, expecting Socialism to be built by the will of the people is idealism.

You have to build it, with your hands.

By vibing it into existence? Can’t. It must be built through organizing and revolution.

Read theory.

The USSR, PRC, Cuba, and DPRK all hold elections and practice(ed) some form of democracy.

They were not structured like Capitalist elections, but nonetheless had and have elections.

Social Democracy depends on Imperialism and Capitalism in the global north, is inherently unsustainable, and sees sliding of worker protections and rights over time, just like what happened following the New Deal in America. Reading theory makes it clear why.

You’re misreading me. Change happens every day. Socialism is the answer

Here’s how Bernie can still win

You mean just vibing a revolution into action?

That’s why I am recommending you read theory. For the why of Capitalism’s inevitable demise, Wage Labor and Capital and Value, Price and Profit both do a much better job of actually explaining the inherent unsustainability of Capitalism.

You’re right, he does have a prescription…it’s just one that doesn’t work in practice despite being tried over and over again for more than a century at this point.

It does and has worked. What do you believe is sufficient to decide if something does or does not work?

Sure seems like this country at least gets a say in voting for who runs it, unlike many, many socialist examples (with great reading scores! yay!) where they are not only not doing that, but it is prohibited structurally (or behind the scenes through radioactive tea administration).

Socialist countries do in fact have elections, voting, and so forth.

Also, don’t bend my ear with all the grand achievements of socialist countries that are decidedly not democratic and then pay lip service to democracy.

Why not? Why do you say Socialist countries aren’t democratic?

America was always too far gone, any good candidate would’ve gotten Allende’d.

What?