• Auli@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    It’s why China is going to win. The west is fighting itself and only planning 4 years in advance. And can’t puss off the voters or we won’t get in again. Then it switches sides and everything gets torn down.

    Where China just does it and can plan long term. At this point I don’t k kw which system is better. Used to think democracy but it just seems to crumble and honestly most people don’t care enough that they are easily controlled.

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      11 hours ago

      Every system is imperfect when taken to its natural conclusion, that’s why most rich countries are moving towards social democracies in which capitalism is generally restrained, but that’s a fairly new thing in its own right, and what’s to say capitalism won’t corrode them in time? Very little, grand scheme of thing. This is why the founding fathers talked about a rolling revolution, needing each generation to see clearly as threats would be constant. Instead we watch Netflix while our decisions are made for us in halls we will likely never walk. Unfortunately I think we are in for the suffering phase, Hindus say we’re already in kali yuga, which is the FAFO end of the whole cosmic cycle, hopefully towards the very end if you believe in such things. Personally I think we’re just fucked.

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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        4 hours ago

        that’s why most rich countries are moving towards social democracies in which capitalism is generally restrained

        ???

        What planet do you live on? This is literally the opposite of what’s happening.