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Deceptichum@quokk.au to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days ago

your worth is independent of your labour value

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your worth is independent of your labour value

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Deceptichum@quokk.au to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
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    I heard some one say something the the effect of “socialists will feed 1,000 people on the chance that one of them needs it conservatives will take away food from 1,000 people on the chance that one of them doesn’t need it”

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      I’ll say feed, house, and educated a thousand people in hopes that one of them generates something innovative

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        Fuck, I don’t even care if they innovate

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        it’s so tragic how much genius we have lost due to poverty, how many people smarter than Einstein have never had the opportunity to get an education?

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          I would argue even further that genius is something that is cultivated in a person by placing them in an environment that encourages their creativity and is tailored to their strengths.

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            it’s a bit of both. everyone should have access to quality education. if we don’t give the best education to the very select few who have access to it. the chances of getting a truly unique genius are minimal, give that to everyone and see humanity advance

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        Moderate selfish asshole leftism, and still infinitely better than any currently existing regime

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    “Reguardless” come on

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      make sure to guard your less

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    People are acting like we don’t have enough food to go around

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1. Prep is work

      2. We do, but making it go around is¹ work

      ¹frequently illegal

      • VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Soup for my Family™ but it’s actually just a large pot of soup to share and not cans of Campbell’s to throw at cops

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    There is evidence of Neanderthals caring for disabled members of their group. Even they got it right. Yet somehow the US are not civilized enough to do it?

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      The real American Dream is not having to care about anybody else.

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      To be fair, the Neanderthals died out.

      IRC homo sapiens were likely more violent and territorial.

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        Yes, but there’s enough evidence on our ancestors as well. For example those two kids with disabilities that would have made life on their own hard to impossible, who have been cared for and which have been part of the community.

        https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/paleolithic-burial-sunghir/

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        Well the most widely accepted main reason why Sapiens survived is actually because we were better at social learning, which led to us being more cooperative, forming larger groups, gaining knowledge and passing it around more easily, amongst other things. Not to say we didn’t have a hand in wiping out the Neaderthals but us being more violent wasn’t the reason why we’re still about

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    Opposing hunger for any reason is the closest thing to a universal that Anarchists have.

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    I love icebreaking through food. Literally how we survived as a species.

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      I’d recommend an ice pick.

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        🤝⛏️

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    Dfood isn’t the end. Food is the fallback. We do need to be doing more than that.

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      It is one of the backbones of being able to get anything more done, though. It’s much more than a fallback. It is part of the foundation

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        It is a good fallback! I’m just saying; we need to do more than eat.

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    Afaik this also semi-coincidentally aligns with Catholic and Orthodox views versus the Protestant ethic.

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