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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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when they say they're a communist (quokk.au)

submitted 19 hours ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/mop@quokk.au

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[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Idk if it's smart to base a system pff the assumption that people always act in their own best interest, that's how we got where we are in the west.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

No it’s not.

We have a system where we assume someone else is going to act into our best interest and vote for them.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

In practice, yes, but Keynesisn theory, what the west's political economic system is based on is fundamentally based on that assumption that people act in their own best interest. The whole invisible hand theory is also based on the same assumption