IsaacK

A thread: on #socialism and #capitalism.

I've heard a lot of talk about socialism and capitalism lately, but I think that a lot of people aren't clear on what those things mean. So let me offer some clarity. It's pretty simple, just remember these words.

"Socialism is when bad things happen but capitalism is when good things happen."

Jul 20, 2019 at 2:38amWeb
Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019

See, I'll give you an example. When a few people who have accumulated a lot of resources and own a company insist on paying employees less than a living wage when the profits from their company would easily allow it, that's socialism, and it's bad.

But when those employees decided to freely talk with each other, using their freedom of speech in a free market, and decide to form a union and insist on being paid a more fair share of a company's profits, that's capitalism, and it's good.

Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019
Or get this, here's another example. Say you have a country that taxes its citizens,  then uses that money to finance military forces way larger than would be necessary to defend its own citizens, then uses those military forces in interventionist wars that often lead to an increase in human rights violations. And what's more, this country can't find the tax revenue to provide health care for all the the veterans of its wars. That's bad, and it's clearly socialism.
Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019
But now suppose you have a country, could be the same one, could be a different one, and that country taxes its citizens and uses some of the tax revenue to pay for public schools and teachers for children at those schools. Then they also use some tax revenue to pay for daycare for those children when they're not at school but their parents need to go to work.
Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019

Those children have their needs met and are way less likely to turn to crime. Instead they grow up and become working, taxpaying citizens themselves. That's a great investment for that country, and it's capitalism.

I hope you will all join me in denouncing socialism and upholding the values of capitalism. The choice is clear.

Show threadBring on the mayocideJul 20, 2019
@IsaacK
White socialism and White capitalism are the biggest causes of all human suffering.
When they are completely out of power we will have equality.
Not a moment before.
Show threadwenderJul 20, 2019
@IsaacK Shouldn't we allow Anarchism in the club?
Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019
@wender This whole post is a satire making fun of how people don't understand what socialism is. If you can work anarchism into the narrative be my guest.
Show threadwenderJul 20, 2019
@IsaacK AOC is this you?
Show threadIsaacKJul 20, 2019
@wender I wish I was that cool. AOC is doong a lot of good in the fight for capitalism.
Show threadwenderJul 20, 2019
@IsaacK Capitalism FTW.