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Today I kept thinking about the utter fucking waste the capitalist system is. In terms of natural resources but also in terms of human resources.
Like, tens of thousands of people are unemployed in this country and many of them can and will work in some form or another. They get harassed continually about finding a job and the have to fill their time doing shit temp jobs that pay very little, creating profit for someone else while barely getting by and falling into an endless cycle of unemployment.
And then there are millions of people in The West stuck in some shitty wage slave job just because it costs money to exist. And then I haven’t even started about actual slaves in the third world who get exploited to the max.
Imagine how much we could do if we could all get along and if money wasn’t the single most important thing in life.
I often think that too, as well as the millions of people who are employed in valueless industries, sort of like David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs thesis.
It’s not just the reserve army of labour that’s wasted potential, it’s the people in weapons manufacturing, corporate legal and finance, advertising, lobbying, etc. Many make very high salaries, and yet they produce nothing that an honest society would call valuable.
We could achieve so much if our priorities were set properly. People have achieved so much in AES states, past and present. That thought is what keeps me going.
I think about this constantly. The magnitude of societal progress hamstrung by placing the profit motive above all will only truly be understood once we transition toward an international socialism. The human potential that’s wasted away in finance, law and order, the military industrial complex, the gig economy, etc, etc. All of these industries are full of proletariat that could be pushing society forward.
The PRC is showing us that even when hindered by imperialist aggression, socialist production is far superior to capitalist production. This is why America is so afraid of China. They don’t have a counter because capitalism doesn’t offer one. They only have 1 button to push and that button is war.
Today is my birthday. Enjoy puppy.
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I fucking hate just how desensitized I’ve become to videos of dying kids the past 3 weeks. It’s difficult trying to stay in the loop while also preserving sanity.
I have a lengthy rant prepared for the day after tomorrow.
Here is a hint: it has something to do with horseshoe theorism.
