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  • Gxost@lemmy.worldto196Capitalism rule
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    1 month ago

    Come on, socialism is an economic system where society owns means of production. That’s what happened in USSR. The problem is, society cannot function without structure. There should be some representatives like secretaries. And those people have more power than others, even more, they can have near absolute power. And those people aren’t the best. As a result, bad people own all society, and there’s nothing to do with it. Under capitalism, if an employer is bad, workers can just quit and find another job. Under socialism, if the employer is bad, there is nothing to do because there is only one employer: the state. Capitalism is not bad, people who have lots of money are bad. But imagine exactly same people gain absolute power. That’s what was in the USSR. Greedy people, who wrote anonymous letters accusing others, benefited from it. They received confiscated flats and furniture. People of power lived better than others, they had better flats, better food, better goods. They were “elite”. All of them were actually higher class. And they stated they were caring for society. All their deeds were for good, they said.

    I believe regulated capitalism and democracy are the best for imperfect humans. If people were ideal, any system would work flawlessly. But people are flawed, and any system giving absolute power leads to a state where bad people rule others.


  • Gxost@lemmy.worldto196Capitalism rule
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    Socialism

    1. You’re a student in a big beautiful city. After graduation, you became a doctor. Now you are sent to a village far away from home to live and work there. And you can’t say “no” because the state knows better where you should live.

    2. You’re a successful plant director, and you are sent to build a big collective farm. You are OK with moving far away because the state needs you there. After some time, you’re told NKVD is searching for you. You say: “It’s a nonsense, I did nothing wrong, it’s a mistake.” Later, you are executed because an anonymous letter against you is enough.

    3. You’re a little girl in a village. The state took away all food, so there’s nothing to eat. Parents send you to the field after harvesting to search for ears of wheat. Adults are executed if they are caught with three ears of wheat, but children are safe, so you regurly go to the field. But it’s not enough, and your parents dig rotten potato, grind it to make potato flour, and bake rotten potato bread. It tastes so awful that you refuse to eat it. Parents try to force you to eat that bread, but you tell them that if they keep trying to force you, you’re not going to the field anymore.

    4. You’re a communist. You know that people disappear at night. But you believe it’s ok because you are told they are bad people hurting the state and society. They are not just people. They are pests.



  • They’re good, but I’d avoid AeroPress Clear for now, as there are crack reports on the internet. Other models are durable. Compared to French press, AeroPress produces cleaner cups because of paper filter utilization. Also, though AeroPress is an immersion brewer, it also allows percolation.



















  • Gxost@lemmy.worldtoknives@sopuli.xyzIf Knife Reviews Were Honest
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    9 months ago

    His edge retention “test” shows there’s not that much difference, and a $40 knife is ok relatively to the more expensive one. But S30V is one of the main reasons why PM2 is more expensive, and this steel really makes a difference. In my experience, in terms of edge retention, any super steel is much better than a cheaper steel. While AUS8 dulls very fast from light use, CTS XHP, S30V, S35VN, M390 etc. take forever to dull. I have knives I never sharpened because they are still sharp.

    P.S. Maybe we should be less serious about this video. But the author told it’s not a joke, so I don’t know if he’s serious or still joking.