Cross-posted from "Explaining capitalism to aliens" by @[email protected] in [email protected]
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
137 points (94.8% liked)
Flippanarchy
632 readers
417 users here now
Flippant Anarchism. A lighter take on social criticism with the aim of agitation.
Post humorous takes on capitalism and the states which prop it up. Memes, shitposting, screenshots of humorous good takes, discussions making fun of some reactionary online, it all works.
This community is anarchist-flavored. Reactionary takes won't be tolerated.
Don't take yourselves too seriously. Serious posts go to [email protected]
Rules
-
If you post images with text, endeavour to provide the alt-text
-
If the image is a crosspost from an OP, Provide the source.
-
Absolutely no right-wing jokes. This includes "Anarcho"-Capitalist concepts.
-
Absolutely no redfash jokes. This includes anything that props up the capitalist ruling classes pretending to be communists.
-
No bigotry whatsoever. See instance rules.
-
This is an anarchist comm. You don't have to be an anarchist to post, but you should at least understand what anarchism actually is. We're not here to educate you.
Join the matrix room for some real-time discussion.
founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
If you can "buy" something it's a form of capitalism, no?
People were able to buy stuff in communist countries like GDR and other soviet republics (well, shortages of goods aside of course lol). So those were capitalist in a way then?
Stalin et all. turning in their grave intensifies
Jokes aside:
Key points defining capitalism are the pursuit of profit and that the means of production are in private hands. Buying stuff is a "feature" of many systems besides capitalistic ones.
Edit: fixed autocowrecktion
No.
Capitalism doesn't have a monopoly on market economies. ba-dum-tssh