r/PoursTea • Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 13h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Exactly this...

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u/Kohltrain37 12h ago

Every moron describing socialism either describes capitalism or totalitarianism

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u/Long_Run6500 11h ago

I just want a system of government that makes rich people pay taxes and uses that tax money to fund infrastructure and social services. I don't really give a shit what they call it. 

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u/breaducate 9h ago

I just want a system of government that makes rich people pay taxes

What you're describing is impossible. The existence of rich people implies their capture and control of government.

There is no lasting equilibrium or economic justice that can be achieved in class society.

Exponential wealth and power consolidation is an emergent property that cannot be disentangled from private ownership of the means to produce what people need.

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u/AltruisticVehicle 7h ago

What... You can absolutely get rich without any help from or control of the government.