We have the ablility to house, feed, educate, clothe, and medically assist everyone. But the money!!

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Yeah, and, for example, Marx said that "money" was technically "real" as early as The German Ideology. It wasn't a matter of saying "money is fiat and therefore it doesn't exist!" It was a matter of dealing with the system at the heart of it.

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        8 months ago

        I'm saying that you can't "pick up a gun tomorrow" in order to topple the whole system and even that requires action and force.

        You have to build a movement, build dual power, etc. It's a long process. It's not about everyone just "stopping what they're doing right now."

        Idk, maybe I'm being pedantic lmao

        • Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          I think we're both being doomer. My point is our society has the ability to eradicate poverty; but decides not to. You're saying we cant make that happen currently. I agree.

          • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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            8 months ago

            I should clarify what I'm saying: it's not a problem of "society" (which puts the onus on the average proletarian) but the mode of production and the bourgeois power structure.

            I think we will get rid of it eventually.

            To me, it's not a matter of if, but when.

            But I understand what you're saying and I'm sorry if you're feeling down.

            But I think that the situation is not hopeless and so I don't mean to come off as being a "doomer."