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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, any profits not reinvested in the company itself, or the employees is wage theft. Full stop. Capitalism is a scam we've been fed so rich assholes can get richer.

[–] cyberpunk007 -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think it's a bit unfair to blanket statement that capitalism is a scam. There need to be checks in place. Like, I agree it's not fair that me as a business owner can simply say "this year we are skipping raises, and I am paying myself 2 billion". There's no reason any one person needs a trillion dollars. That's an insane amount of money. Even 100 million is a shit ton of money. There definitely need to be checks in place, but I don't think communism is the answer either.

Nope, any profits not reinvested in the company itself

This isn't clear to me what you're saying "nope" to. How I said companies need to make profit? If so, they do. If they do not make profit they lose money, if they lose money they can't reinvest into themselves or pay wages. Or maybe I misunderstand what you meant by "nope".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

capitalism is not only a scam to prop up our owners and make us slave away for them but its also destroying the literal planet we live in to keep them in power.

the only way capitalism can be good is when it dies.

[–] cyberpunk007 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

i like socialism. you can pick your poison from any leftist ideology that speak to you.