Yes good points. There are of course also plenty of other examples of capitalists asking the state to protect them from competitive pressures, for example with tariffs.
Whether capitalism without competition is still capitalism is a matter of decades of debate.
Some scholars have felt the need to add an adjective, like monopoly capitalism. Others, like Varoufakis, are exploring other terms, like technofeudalism.
@aiquiral @joenepraat @nostupidquestions Yeah I guess that's what @bacteriostat means with the network effects being real. That's why it would maybe be good to jump on a some event. Preferably with some political weight.
@bacteriostat @nostupidquestions @joenepraat @aiquiral Yeah I understand. Don't want to distract them from more immediate challenges.
Then again, never waste a good crisis. Maybe now that communication strategies are still being developed, now is the right moment to convince people to at least ALSO be here?
@bacteriostat @nostupidquestions @admin @joenepraat I'd be happy to help set it up. Anyway to reach out to them? 🤪 @aiquiral ?
@bacteriostat @nostupidquestions @admin @joenepraat If the #CockroachJantaParty would tell it's millions of Instagram followers to move to some still-to-be-set-up setup server like @cockroach.org if necessary with a VPN to circumvent government censorship, that would be a great way to bring India into the Fediverse...
@bacteriostat @nostupidquestions
Maybe it would help if there was a clear rallying point?
For #Colombia https://col.social/ , managed by @admin , seems to have worked quite well for that.
But I guess it doesn't have to be a server. It could also be a hashtag?
Like #FedIndia ?
If necessary followed through a relay, like #FediBuz to bring together different servers? (Paste https://relay.fedi.buzz/tag/fedindia in the search bar + follow + add notification alert?)
Your #zodiac sign tells you which stars were aligned with the sun, which basically means that these are the stars that were *not* visible (at night) when you were born (or when you're celebrating your birthday).
I think this is nonsense and that we should flip it around. I propose that from now on, all geminis are sagitariuses.
While being more than 9000 kilometers away, I can still see and hear what birds are currently singing in the Vondelpark - Amsterdam.
https://luistervink.nl/locations/vondelpark/live/
I hope the herons and the owls don't mind.
Today employees of the #UniversityofAmsterdam #UvA are on #strike to protest against the budget cuts for education that are pushed by our far right government.
Universities are a place of wonder, curiosity and resistance.
This world is in desperate need of all of these things.
Update: there were 5000 of us today. And a student and I even made it to the main newspaper pic. 💅
#WOInActie #HOInActie #FNV #AOB #Onderwijsbezuinigingen #BudgetCuts @unions@sh.itjust.works @unions@lemmy.ml
@schnurrito I made an attempt recently: https://mishathings.org/posts/what-is-capitalism/
https://mishathings.org/posts/what-is-capitalism/