I’m the chimney sweep now!

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    11 months ago

    This brings up one of the questions I have in regards to capitalism criticism. I understand that child labor is bad I would prefer labor be done safely and with respect. In a capitalist society undereducated and vulnerable people get the short end and often do these jobs. In a communist system dangerous and dirty work still needs to be done. How would labor be allotted that would cause a more egalitarian outcome. Personal example of my family were migrant farm workers. Uncle fucking hated doing field work he saved capital, went to community college, got a good paying job, is now paying my cousins way through cal poly. If the system is set up so that work is done by those who can then realistically he could still be a field hand and my cousin would probably follow him. How does a non capitalist system deter formation and unintentional enforcement of caste systems.

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      11 months ago

      Leftist organization, regardless of Tendency, proposes numerous solutions. Lower working times for dirty jobs, focusing on automating undesirable jobs as quickly as possible, and rotating who does those jobs are all proposed solutions.

      I suggest reading leftist theory.

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      10 months ago

      You’re on Lemmy. Every ill of the world is caused by capitalism, cars, and any operating system other than Linux. Occasionally they leak out of their echo chambers like this post here. You’re best bet is to block the creator and move on.

      Things get a lot more enjoyable here when you block the problematic posters, communities, and instances.

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          There are many valid criticisms and potential criticisms of Linux, both as a desktop OS and in general.

          Stability is absolutely not one of them.

          • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️@7.62x54r.ru
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            There are all kinds of weird bugs that happen when I try to run certain Linux distros. There are some that will work fine, mostly, but it’s not stable enough for mainstream desktop use.

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      The left is primarily not concerned with the wealth disparity caused by different wages between jobs. What drives inequality, which makes our society less democratic and just, is the private ownership of capital (meaning means of production in this context). It would be totally fair in a socialist society to add bonuses for harder or more dangerous work. What is not compatible is private ownership, not personal ownership of stuff.