@TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca
2026-01-18 15:25 UTC
When I was growing up I was told capitalism was great because we all get a high standard of living and had lots of inexpensive stuff to buy. Look at how poor Russians were during the Soviet era!
Now I'm being told that to sustain capitalism I need to live like a Soviet era Russian.
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@balsoft@lemmy.ml 2026-01-18 18:23
A soviet era russian also had access to free healthcare, free childcare, free higher education, cheap (sometimes free) housing, excellent (for the time) public transit, and a safety net for unemployment or old age. Oh and there was ample opportunities to build community ties so that if something did go horribly wrong and you needed that help. Capitalism in decline will give you none of that.
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@boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2026-01-18 18:18
Tbf you need to live like a Soviet era Russian to break free of the shackles of capitalism (as much as you can as a salaried person, anyway - we'll never be completely free). If you want to sustain capitalism, buy as much as you can, and the capitalists are being sustained lol