@badminton Yep, that’s called cronyism/corporatism. That’s one of my biggest problems with the American right wing. They say they want capitalism, but what they really want is corporatism, which is not capitalist in the least.

@ViciDraco many Americans have no idea how many ugly tomatoes go into a Domino’s pizza or how many nasty ingredients go into a Taco Bell dinner

But FoxNews has indoctrinated them to be experts on voting rights, the economy and social-economic theory

Just last weekend I realized while packing I needed new board shorts. Used Amazon. Cheaper and the board shorts were there when I arrived. Why doesn’t Amazon sell liquor? @QuixoticSoul

@jackjjackson I am more counting on the labor markets in that regard tbh - Amazon is already dealing with insane turnover, and internally there are concerns their labor supplies will simply dry up. They pay reasonably well for “unskilled” jobs, but conditions are so shitty people are leaving anyhow. At some point, they will have to make adjustments.

Anecdotally, Amazon used to be a similar cesspit on the engineering side, but were forced to mellow out somewhat due to industry backlash. I know that I ignore Amazon headhunters as a policy, and don’t shy from telling them why.

Perhaps that will be the downfall. In the even intermediate term the Amazon model can’t be good for any of us. @QuixoticSoul

@RopinTexan there is no General type of socialism and we don't practice free market capitalism. We have a mixed economy, meaning that we employ and utilize both capitalist and socialist practices and ideologies.

Kind of hard to find half your identity is the thing you hate most.

@Graylight but socialism is the cancer that kills capitalism. Socialism leads to communism where the middle class doesn't exist and the working man gets royally screwed. At least under capitalism you stand a chance of getting ahead.

@Baremine Right. Because in 200 years, roads and bridges, financial safety nets public libraries where people learn, medical clinics where people are healed, emergency services that save property and homes everyday, mail service that gets a box or envelope anywhere in the world you wanted to be, educational systems that teach our youth... All just corrupting our society.

And I'm curious - with the middle class becoming the lower class, housing becoming untenable and measurably less services available to those who most need them, who's benefiting from capitalism again? [i]The top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined. [/i]

@RopinTexan when the rich use their influence to ensure that legislation makes it easier to keep a larger share of what they’ve earned, do you think that’s ok?

@JoeyFoxx I suppose that would depend on how they do so. If they do it by voting, I don’t see anything wrong with that. Everyone is going to vote in ways that will positively influence themselves and their families. Now if they’re going to donate large sums of money to a particular political party, then things get murky. That’s one reason why I dislike political parties.

@RopinTexan yeah… that’s how the rich do it. They get in line with everyone else and vote.

If you believe that, then there’s no much to talk about.

Gasoline also smells bad. @QuixoticSoul

@jackjjackson so do you, but I only rarely mention it.

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Good one JF 🤙🏼. @JoeyFoxx

@RopinTexan Walmart, Walgreens, CVS and others are the poster children for the GOP.

Why isn’t the GOP calling them out for being unethical?

@JoeyFoxx Probably because those companies are on their side and give them money.

I don’t like the GOP. I don’t like political parties in general.

@RopinTexan so, you’re a new-libertarian

Which is another way of saying you are against anybody else’s idea that doesn’t match your vague and indecipherable worldview

Gotcha

@SW-User Pretty gross. Like all the socialist excrement I just stepped in.