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Statue of Anne gang! Avast ye!

Yeah, Adam Smith hated rentier forms of economy, that’s how insane the current form is capitalism is.

I know English is a germanic language, etc etc, but this really does read to me like someone putting on a bad accent and pretending to be from Das Rhineland, yah.

Kartenprojekten is incredible.

Since when are people who facilitate fascism my allies?

People who claim both parties are the shame are just showing their privilege.

It’s the same in the UK, do Labour come anywhere close to having the policies I want? No. Are they closer to them than the Tories? Yes.

Vote on one day, organise on the other 1200+ days.

Even highly automated, an idle future would mean no change.

That would require essentially a perfect, and unchanging, society.

That doesn’t sound realistic given our social nature.

I’m not gonna pretend that life under capitalism means all labour is equally dignified, or rewarding, or a benefit to your community.

But, the fundamental difference between the working class and the owners is that we work, and they don’t. They only have their livelihood because of us, and that is why we are valuable, and they are not.

Your skills and abilities are dignified. The future is NOT us all choosing to be idle. That is a bourgeois ideal, and is valueless.

Obviously I’m not counting people who have no option. Ableism can also go fuck itself.

Erm, there being dignity in labour is like the foundational concept to socialism…

A bit odd for this to be upvoted here.

Again, Mintpress News support the state-capitalist authoritarian regimes of Russia and China, whilst claiming to be left wing.

They frequently parrot state propaganda, including lies about Russia’s invasions of Ukraine, the Syrian civil war, and assorted George Soros nonsense.

Their funding is not transparent, and like Grey Zone frequently publish stories from contributors who appear on RT and Sputnik, such as Vanessa Beeley.

The Gray Zone are literal Putin apologists and are just parroting state propaganda against Bellingcat.

Bellingcat are also transparent about their funding, here

https://www.bellingcat.com/about/funding-and-how-to-support-bellingcat/

While The Grey Zone claim they take no funding from nation states, the editor Max Blumenthal frequently appears on Sputnik and RT.

Yet again an example of nutjobs projecting on to others what they are actually doing themselves.

How anyone in 2024 can claim to be left wing and apologise for state-capitalist authoritarians is beyond me.