quarrk

quarrk , vor 10 Monaten

What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst.

And capitalists will allow this "at its worst" phase in order to capture the market, before squeezing it. This pattern is consistent in many industries.

quarrk , vor 10 Monaten

us-foreign-policy
activity = (forProfit) ? "Work" : "Hobby"

quarrk , vor 10 Monaten

Representative "democracy" alienates the common man from the political process while maintaining a semblance of democracy. For this reason it is the ideal political form for capitalism, an economic system which alienates power from the masses and concentrates it in the hands of a few.

Class interests are the primary axis on which all political activity turns. Getting the working class to
vote does not help them, it helps those in power.

quarrk , vor 10 Monaten

First step is abolishing wage labor and private property. Transitional political forms take on some form of direct democracy, probably something similar to soviet councils.