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[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

normies think politics = elections. like they actually do not perceive economics and politics as being related

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

Why wouldn't they? They have literally been told since birth that politics and economics are two completely separate things, and that the reason communism failed is because it attempted to connect them.

It is only the sons and daughters of the bourgeois and politicians that usually have an understanding of the connections these things have, and more over, that they need to maintain control of them.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 days ago

It's so bizarre how people fail to understand that economics and politics are inseparable. Economics determines how labor and resources are allocated; politics determines who benefits from that allocation. One answers 'how,' the other 'why.'

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

That's basically everyone who isn't some type of socialist. Even terminally online fascists and libertarians think economics and politics are seperate things. I think I've met maybe one lib in my entire life who knew the two are the same thing, but that's because he was a professor of political science.

[–] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s worse when they get into politics and just seem obsessed with taxes, treats and thinking boycotts or collecting dvds from goodwill are praxis.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or becoming very weird about immigration or welfare

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There’s always that one person living in poverty, struggling to feed themselves on a daily basis who brags about never “receiving handouts.”

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

I summon the powers of alcoholism and projectile vomit in their general direction.

[–] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

And any opposition to mass migration is really just ensuring migrants have as few rights as possible while still working. These people don’t want to grow food or work in factories. An equal world with limited need for mass migration would be their worst nightmare. They are would be TikTok celebrities looking to run some joke into the ground or engage the most pathetic styles of activism.

[–] Bruja@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

From 🥚 in 2019 to “nonbinary (they/them)” today.

Comrade Simbarashe 🇿🇼
"I'm not really into politics. Anyway, let me tell you how much I hate my job, my boss, my landlord, my shitty health insurance, my student loans, my town's public transportation and the fact that I come home too tired to do anything after work every day."

https://twiiit.com/yo_its_simba/status/1119015589505323008

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

More like not into the politics of the big bourgeois dictatorship, if only more knew

[–] orangeyouglad@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

sign me up for the party trying to solve these issues....wait

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 3 days ago (39 children)
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days ago

Regarding childcare being provided: I don't see why parents who wish to be their children's care providers can't be trained and paid by the state. Granted, there are parents who want time away from home responsibilities to take on other responsibilities, and that's fine, too. Perhaps one parent would choose to care for some neighborhood children in addition to their own. I also feel housespouses should be compensated for endless hours of unpaid labor. This would give economic freedom to leave unhealthy or abusive relationships, while also acknowledging that sometimes people who start out being compatible as partners can grow in different directions, and while it may not be an abusive relationship, can certainly end up being unhappy which can lead to unhealthy. I mean, I understand that everything can't all happen at once, but this just seems like it can and should be implemented from the go. If the state can pay nannies and other domestic help, there's no reason why it can't pay a housespouse/stay at home parent. But proper education and training should be requisite, because these skills are absolutely transferrable to the same outside professions and to other professions with not a lot of additional training.

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