lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 months agoWelcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - Interview with Yanis Varoufakiswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarekarashta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThey haven’t overthrown shit. This is what capitalism is and what it always leads to: siphoning all power to the top small % of people.
minus-squareSlotos@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoAs we all know, siphoning of the power to the small percentage of people had never happened prior to capitalism.
minus-squarekarashta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI never said nor implied anything about any other system. I spoke about capitalism.
minus-squareBeetlejuice001@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoAs we all know, the workers get tired of it, revolt and the 1% disappear
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNot really. They just get replaced by the people leading the revolution (there are exceptions of course, like Robespierre in the French Revolution).
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIf other systems have the same effect, it’s a problem with them too. But it’s still a problem with capitalism.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoAhhh, some fresh whataboutism!
minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNot the point. Look into economics of scale. Capitalism does this shit as a rule.
They haven’t overthrown shit.
This is what capitalism is and what it always leads to: siphoning all power to the top small % of people.
As we all know, siphoning of the power to the small percentage of people had never happened prior to capitalism.
I never said nor implied anything about any other system. I spoke about capitalism.
As we all know, the workers get tired of it, revolt and the 1% disappear
Not really. They just get replaced by the people leading the revolution (there are exceptions of course, like Robespierre in the French Revolution).
If other systems have the same effect, it’s a problem with them too. But it’s still a problem with capitalism.
Ahhh, some fresh whataboutism!
Not the point. Look into economics of scale. Capitalism does this shit as a rule.