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[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

All types of government will have some form of corruption, but I’m not sure how a “free market” ran by people who follow the philosophy that companies only have the responsibility to answer to shareholders will generate wealth for “many.” Unless you’re advocating for trickle down pissonomics?

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[–] Barometer3689@feddit.nl 38 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I thought left also meant protection against unregulated markets? Without regulations it is just going to be capitalismplusplus.

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[–] TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago

All great social media does. The secret is that reality favors the progressive left

[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (27 children)

middle class is an illusion

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[–] Decompose@programming.dev 37 points 1 year ago (23 children)

"Uncorrupt government"

This is as delusional as anyone can get.

A wise man said it all once: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

Good, we could use it more left though

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Quick, genuine question because I don't know: What does the "ml" in memes@lemmy.ml stand for? I thought it was for Marxist-Leninist but I'm actually not sure about that

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[–] Gecko@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I just really dislike the whole left/right tribalism. Politics is a lot more complex than left/right and just marking someone as either just increases polarisation...

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[–] OneNot@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I wish it was just "towards the left".

I'm very much on the left socially and left of center economically, but even I feel like every other comments section on here reads like some insane tankie commune.

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