Submitted 1 year ago by ralen_jor@sh.itjust.works to risa@startrek.website
Ending world hunger is tackling corruption in chaotic places in the world. Not an easy feat. Just look at how fast the taliban took over when the US pulled out, or how corporations (capitalist and communist alike) buy from slave labor states
Definitely strive for it, but pointing at economic differences is circle jerking
The political instability many nations experience today didn’t develop in a vacuum though, the US and UK in particular (also others) have their fingerprints on much of Latin America and the Middle East, and much of that interference was profit-driven
No doubt, but like everything it's a circular system. The majority of people around the world are apathetic at best and only interested in their direct social/family circle
What is a communist corporation?
Don’t forget Irish Reunification also happens next year.
I’m honestly surprised that it didn’t happen right after Brexit. There was definitely talk of unification so people in Northern Ireland could continue to be a part of the EU and visit the other parts of the island with no Troubles. (Pun absolutely intended)
Scarcity is a reality problem, not a capitalism problem. There will always be scarcity.
This is actually not true. There is enough food, shelter, and capacity for basic amenities for everyone currently alive to live comfortably. There are logistical challenges in getting the goods to the people who need it, but that’s also technically possible.
We just can’t all be driving Teslas and living in McMansions
There is only “enough” food if you enslave farmers and take their product.
If it's all prophecy then what comes next: the eugenics wars, the second civil war, or world war 3?
Plot twist, they’re all the same war.
Let’s fuckin GOOOOOOOO
bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Star Trek is socialism not communism. Minor differences but different. You choose your fate, not the system.
Rom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Huh? Star Trek is absolutely communist. They’ve abolished money, and people are free to live their lives with all of their needs met.
1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Communism and socialism are big ass umbrellas that encompass many philosophies with a good amount of overlap. Sounds like you have more of a problem with central planning than with communism. So do a lot of communists
bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The main difference in them is the driving principal of your behavior. Communism says you should do what the state says is most beneficial for society. Socialism says you should do what you feelmis most beneficial. Granted it’s extremely generalized and far more nuisanced than that, but overall, it’s not wrong.