A Boring Dystopia

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The world we live in isn't just dystopic, it isn't just stupid, trying to describe all the ways it sucks just makes for a really boring story.

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'Logical Conclusion' of Citizens United as Delaware Judge Lets Corporations Vote in Local Elections | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

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A judge in Delaware—a state with more registered business entities than people—ruled Monday in favor of a small town that allows corporations to vote in local elections.

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“What is a ‘person?’ When one cuts to the heart of this case, that is the question,” Karsnitz wrote to open his 20-page ruling.

Ok well now I need to go smash a bunch of fragile furniture with a sledgehammer while screaming in primal rage to cool down a bit from reading that. Worf, I could use a friend right now to join me in this ritual.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Capitalism

Is, and always has been a strawman invented by Marx. It is sometimes a useful abstraction, but in the real world we are "classical liberal" - we stand for freedom to do what you want. (with limits, but we try to minimize those limits). Capitalism is sometimes a result of that, but remember it is a result and exists only because you can't kill the result without killing the rest of the freedom message.

Sadly not many people are true liberals anymore. Most of gets that label doesn't believe in liberalism.