Cowbee

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Cowbee,

Capitalism does this to itself due to the profit motive. Where once is innovation and brand new disruption becomes petty iteration as this new frontier slowly but surely becomes a well-oiled profit machine. The upside is that FOSS makes replacing this profit-generating soul-sucking bloatware with better alternatives very easy.

Replacing the existing infrastructure of Capitalism by building up parallel structures is a valid means of weakening Capital itself.

Cowbee,

At current purchasing power, about 120k. Anything beyond that becomes nice to have, anything below and you’re giving something up.

Cowbee,

Espresso gang

Cowbee,

Sounds like you either don’t like strong flavors, or haven’t had good espresso. Modern espresso even can have paper filters.

Cowbee,

It’s not just school!

Cowbee,

We stay grinding 💪

Cowbee,

The goal is for it to work. If it works, you’re doing it right. For some people, Mint isn’t enough. For many, it absolutely is.

Cowbee,

Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout Modding. Espresso too.

Cowbee,

Lemmy tends to have inherent hatred for CEOs because Lemmy is a leftist platform, in structure and userbase. Leftists tend to hate Capitalists.

Cowbee,

Yes, but most are referring to Capitalist CEOs, rather than Proletarian CEOs, of which there are incredibly few.

Cowbee,

If the CEO owns the business, then that’s a Capitalist CEO. If the CEO earns a salary paid by the owner of the business, then he can be considered Proletarian, though the wage is likely high enough to be closer to petite bourgeoisie. The power dynamic changes entirely.

In Communism, there could not be a Capitalist CEO, for example.

Cowbee,

It’s 100% true. Just because I may be using terms you may not be quite familiar with doesn’t make me incorrect.

CEO is a job. It’s a managerial position. Usually, it is tied to some form of ownership, but not always. Choosing to take an active role in managing the company as a business owner does not mean your power does not come from ownership, nor does it mean you must take an active role.

Capitalists are necessarily exploitative and entirely unnecessary for running a company. You can have a CEO that owns a company just as much as the Janitor does, which entirely changes the source of the power and removes the ability to exploit the laborers. As an individual owner, a CEO can act in some manners that help workers, but will nevertheless be ruthlessly exploiting them in other manners.

I think reading theory might help you a lot.

Cowbee,

I’m joining the Cold War, on the side of the Cold!

Cowbee,

All 3 are leftist, based on rejecting individual ownership, and related to FOSS (tangentially in Star Trek’s case), and all 3 are nerdy as hell. They have a lot in common under the hood.

Cowbee,

Unironically dividing the Proletariat against itself by stirring up racism among conservatives on a large social platform is the correct move for him to keep his dragon hoard, though I doubt it’s intentional.

Cowbee,

It isn’t at the expense of white men though, so you’re wrong. Simple as.

Cowbee,

I dunno, I’ve seen his Elden Ring build, and he’s somehow a fan of New Vegas despite NV beating him over the head, so I don’t quite believe that.

Cowbee,

Leftism is about worker ownership of the Means of Production, rightism is about Capitalist ownership of the Means of Production. You’re adding extra values onto it that don’t actually exist. For an example, conservatives are de facto for large government, at least in America, just with no social protections and a huge military and police system. Being “simple” isn’t right wing either.

Cowbee,

It’s neither. Leftism is collective ownership of the Means of Production, rightism is invidvidual ownership of the Means of Production. The left or the right can use it alongside either system.

Cowbee,

I’d argue it isn’t left or right, just a tool. Leftism isn’t simply redistribution of wealth, but collective ownership of industry. Capitalists can use UBI as a way to replace more comprehensive safety nets, like single payer Healthcare, and implement a flat tax across the board.

You can use UBI as a leftist, to allow everyone to gain the profits of automation and increased productivity, or you can use it as an excuse to cut safety nets. Depends on how you use it!

Cowbee,

Thanks, buddy! I try to give analysis from a leftist perspective without using big theory words that might scare off non-leftists or baby leftists, I find people tend to accept and agree with leftist theory if broken down in basic building blocks. Have a good one!

Cowbee,

Is it still Capitalism if this is a process to eliminate Capitalism?

Cowbee,

I find the Steam Deck is fantastic for people who have a lot of tiny moments with not much else going on, and for those who travel.

Cowbee, (edited )

The steam deck is nice for this. It’s am absolute slayer of backlogs.

Cowbee,

Blue. No mistake reversion or bitcoin investing would outweigh possibly never meeting my partner again. With Blue, I have everything I could ever want from this life, with red, I may lose everything important to me now.

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