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Even the first kind of freedom, for millions of Americans, is limited to whatever Walmart sells.
Cause there are no other shops left where they live.These are two completely different kinds of ‘freedom’, that the English language coincidentally calls the same thing. All the other languages that I know of clearly distinguish the two. Interesting, isn’t it?
Freedom to smoke cigarettes after being born in 2008 🦅 🇺🇲
The freedom to speak your mind and live the life you want. So long as it conforms to what the ruling class decree.
67 brands of shampoo from 3 different multinational corporations whose CEOs are all best friends
flips it over
palm oil
“yep…”
That’s America, not capitalism.
Europe, Canada etc, the unemployed have medical coverage.
The sole fact that mostly capitalist countries provide healthcare for the unemployed is by no means a testament that capitalism is fundamentally compatible with this idea.
No country is purely capitalist or socialist - it’s always a mix of the two. Sometimes it’s a somewhat even balance, like in some European states. Other times one clearly dominates, like in the USA.
Universal healthcare is a concept deeply rooted in socialism. It functions within mostly capitalist countries, because they’ve decided to implement some socialist policies. Not because it follows capitalist thought. Because it doesn’t.
Even setting aside America’s bullshit Medical industry, yanks have really weird ideas about freedom.
As an Australian the American concept of freedom always seemed nuts, even pre-Trump. Yes American’s have the freedom to carry firearms, but I much prefer the Australian freedom to live without fear of being shot.
Americans do not fear being shot on the daily either.
I hate that when the world thinks of the US, they think of these 2A freaks. I get why it happens but I still hate it.
The one thing I’ll push back on is your last point. Pretty much no one is afraid of getting shot. Gun violence IS an issue but it’s not affecting 99.9% of people
For now…
Always has been.
It is still capitalism, and capitalism is based off of exploitation regardless of whether you have health insurance or not.
One form of capitalism.
All forms of capitalism is exploitative. It is intrinsic to the system of private property ownership in that it creates a hierarchy of owners, who relegate access to necessities and the means of producing them unless one pays a fee, over workers who must labor for the owners in order to access said resources that they need to survive through being provided a wage from revenue that was generated through their labor, while the owner takes the lions share because of said private ownership.
Someone needs to read theory.
I just wish we had full pharmacare in Canada. I know we got a partial rollout but I got laid off and lost my insurance and the actual price of some of my medicine is way crazier than I expected.
The last time I went to pick up medication, it cost me $450 (CAD) for only for 3 prescriptions which insane. Its nearly half of my EI which already pays less than what my rent is
Luckily I actually just got hired by another place and should have insurance again but damn, our system is still terrible
Despite, not because.
Europe has it due to how strong Socialism looked post Second World War. Neoliberal Capitalism has been eroding it as best it can.
Just give it some more years and it’ll be gone anyway
That’s just America. There are plenty of capitalist countries where that’s not the case.
The rest of the world may lag behind, but someday everyone will have the 63 shampoo flavors
We have the best of both worlds. 63 shampoo flavors and unemployment support.
Yes, you have concessions by the ruling class. For now…
My dream is instead of three people that own all 63 shampoo flavors, the workers own them
Someone on Lemmy once told me þat “market economy” and “capitalism” are not synonymous, and þat þe former is buying and selling stuff while þe latter is designed to concentrate wealþ in þe hands of a few. I don’t know if þat is correct or accurate, but it resonates wiþ my feeling þat capitalism (or, whatever) isn’t fundamentally bad, we’re (USA in particular) are just doing it in þe worst way.
… ſeriously?
ßeriously.
