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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s always about the implementation. No one I know would consciously decide that everyone should be poor or we should all pick someone to stomp on. But in older communities like Native American tribes, if you didn’t pull your weight you were left behind. “If a man doesn’t work neither shall he eat.” There are exceptions, but you and I are always going to disagree about those exceptions. How many chances does a person get? What about people who abuse the system? Whoever enforces this has an agenda, not to say capitalism doesn’t, but to assume that socialism as an implementation will be devoid of discrimination is utter nonsense.

[–] Daft_ish 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think native tribes are the architects we should look to for modern society. Maybe there is something to learn from them but only in an anecdotal sense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, but what is human history but chronicled anecdotes?

[–] Daft_ish 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Data and data analytics?