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Breadtube if it didn't suck.

Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.

Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.

There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.

A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fascism is capitalism in crisis. it's what happens when further profit cannot be squeezed further by cutting wages and raising prices.

But capitalism is most simply the freedom to do with your money as you wish with no restrictions whatsoever.

for the corporation-owning class, yes. but that's not a good thing. they mostly use it to buy politicians so their corporations can fuck the rest of us over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

In pure capitalism, there's nothing you can buy from the politicians. But the more socialist a government becomes, the more worthwhile it is to buy politicians.

Remove power from the government and you'll get corporations out of lobbying.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

can't buy politicians if there are no corporations

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In pure capitalism, there's nothing you can but from the politicians.

Let me ask you a question. Was America a capitalist country from 1776 to 1860? Was it? And therefore, are slavery and capitalism compatible with each other? I'm asking you because I think you and I (and most of hexbear) have different answers to that question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It was somewhat capitalist but with several issues that were anti-capitalism.

  1. Slavery of the kind that America engaged in is inherently anti-capitalist. Indentured servitude would be compatible though.

  2. There was a struggle of the Federal Government regulating gold and silver, central banking, etc. Eventually the Federal Government won full control over that in 1913.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can you describe you political ideology in detail to me?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think they’re just figuring it out as they go, lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any political stance that's not progressive, socialist, or communist hive-mind is not really welcome on Lemmy it seems. I'll engage in more friendly places on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How can we know that if you wont openly state your ideology? Come on, say it! If you can't, then clearly your ideas arent worth taking seriously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Im sorry If I offended you. Please have an apology video on the house. https://piped.video/watch?v=R0oVJRa_CBs

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

There is nothing inherently anti-capitalist about slavery, it is entirely compatible with it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

In pure capitalism, the politicians are the ones that deploy the armed forces that allows you to maintain your property claims. There is every reason to buy them off.