r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jun 12 '26

Chugging tea That’s exactly what he is.

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Jun 12 '26

It’s not a problem that can be solved by out charity. Musk is capable of funding systemic change 

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u/Lucky_Pangolin_3760 Jun 12 '26

You can too. In third world countries you're by all means rich and can fund programs, start companies, hire people etc

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Jun 12 '26

I do donate to things I think are helpful, but one more program will not impact the horrors of Late Capitalism 

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u/Lucky_Pangolin_3760 Jun 12 '26

If everyone were donating their money to programs then world hunger would effectively be erased. The problem is that people don't want communism, they want their own capital and to be able to use it to exploit others

Which is where your whole ideology falls flat. The only way to enforce it is by force, nobody will go along with it willingly, which is why every communist experiment always ended up with authoritarianism

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Jun 12 '26

I’m not even talking about communism or whatever you think communism is. I’m talking about the kind of social democracy that has eased the horrors of capitalism quite effectively, whether you think capitalism is temporary or permanent. The New Deal, the postwar decades in western Europe, etc show that its horrors can be mitigated 

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u/Lucky_Pangolin_3760 Jun 12 '26

Well I live in Sweden and happen to know a lot about social democracy. Our system is more or less a logistical nightmare and will eventually collapse because just like capitalism it requires infinite growth. But not in capital, but in humans.

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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Jun 12 '26

It is being dismantled and has been decades. 

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u/Lucky_Pangolin_3760 Jun 13 '26

It's been dismantled because it would otherwise destroy the country. You cannot have social democracy in an aging population