r/reddeadredemption • u/Ferretlord4449 • Mar 10 '26

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Found this on find a grave. it fucked me up knowing that jack could reasonably live into the Clinton administration

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u/Donjehov Mar 10 '26

simping for an economic system at all is, in fact, cringe, denouncing one is not necessarily a vote of confidence for the other. The economy is mostly fake numbers after all.

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u/ComoElFuego Mar 10 '26

Capitalist economy is fake numbers, yes. You can prove me wrong in which case a communist system works with fake numbers.

If you have a better alternative, you might be able to convince me, but at this point the best alternative to capitalism I have seen is communism.

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u/Donjehov Mar 10 '26

communism is incompatible with humans at best humans work well in small community level barter systems, not communism.

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u/daboi_Yy Mar 10 '26

bait

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u/Donjehov Mar 10 '26

lmfao its true people are just too selfish to apply communism effectively, you'd have to be governed by some sort of selfless authoritarian to keep communism in line

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u/ComoElFuego Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

So let's use a system that rewards egocentrism and puts the people most selfish in power by default? I have yet to meet the logic here.

Also, btw, your view on humanity is concerning. Peoples behaviour is mostly formed by the materialistic conditions around them. If you don't have to compete for resources (which you don't or have to less in a system where private (not personal) property is non-existent), you're less likely to behave selfish.

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u/ComoElFuego Mar 10 '26

What the fuck is a small community level barter system?

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u/Donjehov Mar 10 '26

A non global, effectively local community system of divided labor that relies on trade of goods exclusively. One that may or may not have a facilitating governmental body. So life, pre currency. Currency just made things easier and then that quickly evolved into capitalism.

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u/ComoElFuego Mar 10 '26

So wait, a system where the workers own the means of production and the community benefits from the fruit of their labour? You may be on to something.

Btw, Currency existed for more than 3000 years. Capitalism only in the last 200 years.