Democratic Socialism Simulator Lets You Tax The Rich, Nationalise Amazon

6 responses to “Democratic Socialism Simulator Lets You Tax The Rich, Nationalise Amazon”

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   transientmind

   February 21, 2020 at 10:39 am

   Man, nationalizing/globalizing Amazon would be a wonderful thing.

   Just imagine… step 1: keep the thing exactly 100% the way it is currently, only all those fucktillions in profit stay within the department.

   Step 2 and beyond: identify that there is too much pressure on staff to work too hard. Solution: Spend some those crapzillions on more staff. Their wages are unconcionable, akin to sweatshops? Don’t worry. Doubling their pay won’t make a fucking DENT in the profits that are now considered a surplus to operation. They could pay their workers more, and hire more workers, all of which is money that would go directly back into local economies in the form of consumer spending, and customers wouldn’t have to pay a cent more than they currently do, and would likely in fact receive a better service as the reduction of overworked drones results in fewer errors.

   Wealthy investors looking for a ridiculous return on their investment are parasites sucking up a whole bunch of wealth that would do so much good for society as a whole. Especially when it’s natural monopolies or vital services meeting basic human needs. Imagine removing the ‘for profit’ requirement on currently-privatized energy generation, health, transportation, employment, prisons… the benefits to society would be immense. Near utopian even. But it would mean that the wealthy wouldn’t be able to become even more wealthy, increasing the yawning chasm of income inequality, and they have all the power, so it’s pure, indulgent fantasy.

   I’m totally on board with this unrealistic fantasy escape, though!

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      angorafish

      February 21, 2020 at 11:13 am

      Frankly, I’d be happy if there was some formal link between executive and employee remuneration.

      As if getting 10x the average salary of your workforce isn’t ‘incentive’ enough to work hard… as if your workforce aren’t also working hard for unpaid overtime… as if the people getting all the huge salary ‘incentives’ aren’t largely senior managers, venture capitalists and the progeny of industrialists, instead of say, inventors, innovators and people working 18 hour days in three casual jobs.

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      drumrbaxj

      February 22, 2020 at 12:32 am

      The only thing billionaires are good for is fertiliser.

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         drumrbaxj

         February 22, 2020 at 12:33 am

         Go on, Simocrates. Downvote me too, you bootlicker.

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   gizmomelb

   February 23, 2020 at 2:35 am

   people get scared when you the Socialism word.. because they have no idea what it means and don’t realise they already live in a socialist based society.. without it there would be no public schools, no public health care, road usage would be pay per use and police, ambulance and fire fighters would have a charge attached to them for callouts.

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      transientmind

      February 24, 2020 at 9:27 am

      Yup. The argument against socialism falls apart the second you start asking them to agree to pay-per-use roads, and dismantling the military. They’re on board with socializing some things… the difference is where they draw the line.

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