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minus-squareViridianNott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down13·1 year agoWhat do you think the death toll of flight attempts was before the Wright brothers finally got it right? Certainly not in the millions. Whether or not you like communism, “keep trying over and over until it works” is a bad plan when failure has historically cost lives.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSometime in the future: “Okay, our tech has advanced to the point where we can provide plenty to all. Can we abolish capitalism now and just give everyone what they need?” “No. That would be communism, and we already tried that 500 years ago…”
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoYou’re thinking of dictatorships. If economic systems kill people, wait till you hear about capitalism.
minus-squareStillNotAHero@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMillions died? Come on - I heard it was billions. Maybe trillions.
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoRepresentative democracy sweatin’ hard with this kinda logic. Otto Von Bismark firmly believed that republics could never succeed, as they tended to rapidly deteriorate into horrible authoritarian bloodbaths whenever they were tried.
What do you think the death toll of flight attempts was before the Wright brothers finally got it right? Certainly not in the millions.
Whether or not you like communism, “keep trying over and over until it works” is a bad plan when failure has historically cost lives.
Sometime in the future:
“Okay, our tech has advanced to the point where we can provide plenty to all. Can we abolish capitalism now and just give everyone what they need?”
“No. That would be communism, and we already tried that 500 years ago…”
You’re thinking of dictatorships. If economic systems kill people, wait till you hear about capitalism.
Millions died? Come on - I heard it was billions. Maybe trillions.
Representative democracy sweatin’ hard with this kinda logic.
Otto Von Bismark firmly believed that republics could never succeed, as they tended to rapidly deteriorate into horrible authoritarian bloodbaths whenever they were tried.
L take.