“if you a big fine woman back dat ass up” -Juvenile
Ok, but where’s my bread?
It’s been replaced by now entertainment
Or circus? I just see a dumpster fire.
A clown show is a type of circus, I guess.
$37.99 at your local Kroger
Careful with that edge; you might cut yourself.
At least I’m not dull :)
Yo, best response ever
Our standards have changed we now want garlic bread and video games. Fail to comply and we shall become unruly.
I bet OP is way too smart and interesting to watch sportsball, and instead spends his time on more intellectual property pursuits like watching anime.
Just watched “Blue Eye Samurai,” it was really good.
Reddit comment
Thing is, America thinks giving us bread and circuses is “Socialism”
Circuses isn’t socialism, it’s a pretty useful tool of capitalism, even though it ruins it in some cases.
Bread though, no capitalist will ever share their bread. Or anything for that matter.
Historical precedence says you’re wrong. Rockefeller, a prominent capitalist and thus commonly demonized by anti-capitalists, supported initiatives to combat hunger. His foundation provided substantial funding for soup kitchens during the great depression, and his foundation has continued to focus on public health, education, and scientific research.
JP Morgan, “the ghost of rich dudes passed”, was also philanthropic as fuck. He didn’t donate food directly, but his efforts supported educational institutions, scientific research, and the arts.
Even Elon Musk has a foundation that studies renewable energy research, space exploration, pediatric research, and more, all at cost for the betterment of the world. In fact, when it was especially popular to point out that his wealth could end poverty entirely, he started directly asking people for their metrics and potential methods. He was clearly ready to put resources into fixing a problem, but nothing ever came of it because no one actually had real metrics or methods, they just wanted a reason to dunk on Elon.
Okay so those are just some guys I already knew about, what if I just pick a random “capitalist” name I hear commonly thrown around. Carnegie, sure, not sure what he did but I know I’ve seen his name besmirched for being capitalist aaaaand yep look at that! In his older age he donated most of his wealth to the establishment of public libraries, educational institutions, and foundations aimed at promoting world peace. I literally had no idea about any details of this guy’s life, but yeah, it’s not surprising that a successful prominent capitalist lived a life of philanthropy in his later years, because that’s the more consistent pattern.
Have you ever once even tried to look into whether what you believe is true or not? Or would you just rather hate a label you’ve been told to hate?
My point of view is that the money all capitalist have is a resource that was taken from the rest of us. So donating all of it back would just be the bare minimum someone can do.
After donating all of it back, you’re right we also need to figure out a plan to distribute it properly in the first place, and most important make a system and society that’s gonna provide for everyone.
And no kidding no one found a answer to that, from the beginning of human society we only very briefly achieved some systems that’s almost there. But no one never had the answer. There is always some problems in any society.
What i know for sure is that capitalism is not only not the answer, but is actually a system that’s getting more and more corrupted, with increasing problems. To the point it’s leading us directly to a wall.
So in all the different view we can have of the world, all the different system we can use for society, there is no right system, there is worse than capitalism, but there is also better. I strive for not the definitive best, just better…
My point of view is that the money all capitalist have is a resource that was taken from the rest of us.
Why?
you’re right we also need to figure out a plan to distribute it properly in the first place
I didn’t suggest that. Redistribution of resources doesn’t work, because people don’t easily comply with their wealth being taken away. This idea requires the assumption that it’s not theirs to begin with, so we’re back to the first question: why is a capitalist’s wealth not rightfully theirs?
Because we have limited resources, no riches can come to you without profiting of the work of others. If you really want to get your own view you can just look for yourself how rich people got their wealth and judge by yourself is that normal.
I meant that for the extremely wealthy to be precise.
Some moderately rich people are actually contributing positively. They are examples of what capitalism used to be, a system that wasn’t perfect but could still lead society in a positive direction, sometimes better than the alternatives.
Redistribution of resources only works to some extent. Not to redistribute all the wealth in one go sure, but to balance the inequity continuously. For exemple taxe on income could be such a way. And like you said some rich people are ok with it and are philanthropic even.
But the true goal of society would be to distribute riches correctly in the first place. So we don’t have to rely on philanthropy.
And yeah i don’t think capitalism distribute it correctly. So it’s theirs in our capitalistic society, but it isn’t rightfully in my opinion.
Because we have limited resources, no riches can come to you without profiting from the work of others.
Why is this true, and why is this a problem?
look for yourself how rich people got their wealth and judge by yourself is that normal.
In almost all cases I can think of, a rich person became rich because they provided a product or service that others saw value in, and this generally works for the betterment of civilization.
Ford got rich off cars, the people benefitted by gaining access to transportation. JP Morgan got rich off trains, same thing, he provided a transportation service that people willfully used. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs gave us home computers, despite whatever your opinion is for each of them. Jeff Bezos got rich because he made the online marketplace so ridiculously easy to use, a service people enjoy and see value in.
This is the principle reason they got rich in all of these cases: they sold something the people wanted, at a price they were willing to.
Some moderately rich people are actually contributing positively.
Can you describe what some of these moderately rich people are doing better than the mega rich people?
But the true goal of society would be to distribute riches correctly in the first place.
Why is this the goal of society? How do you determine it’s been distributed correctly?
Sociology professor Linsey McGoey has written that many current and past philanthropists amassed their fortunes by predatory business practices which enhanced the very social problems their philanthropy is intended to alleviate.
What predatory practices?
And how were they being exploitative?
Are you anti clown Tokenboomer? Are you really against big bun?
The composition is bothering me. Like, it’s asymmetrical and there’s probably an angle down the centreline of the coliseum that would work better and…
One problem, Rome actually put effort into feeding the populace (ie the bread part).
Both the bread and the circuses used to be free.
Now people pay out the nose for all of it, and think it’s a great time.
