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What do capitalists get right? (self.askchapo)

submitted 11 months ago by janus2 to c/[email protected]

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I think one depressing example is innovation in weapons and other dangerous fields. "If we don't build it, someone else will first" is unfortunately historically been shown to be true, has it not?

Today's unsavory borderline reactionary doomposting brought to you by: my crippling fear that I'm isolating myself in a political echo-chamber (so naturally I gotta hop online and exclusively ask my fellow leftists)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Capitalism is better at making treats than any AES state was

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

soviet lack of light industry was actually kindof a problem for them

[–] janus2 11 points 11 months ago

the love I have for certain branded kitchen appliances is shameful

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The variety of things that can be turned into corndogs is truly the height of capitalist innovation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It really is, and socialists under estimate how important corndogification is for the masses

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

corn-man-khrush understood exactly the wrong half

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's be real, Americans didn't start dominating the treat game until the 70s, and half of that can be traced back to Japanese innovations in convenience and electronics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm Russian and I was amazed to find out that popcorn is ancient and Americans actually had special machines for making even in the 1910s. We never got that shit even after khrush's initiative, and we love movies no less than americans. Popcorn became a thing there in the 90s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Exactly. I dont need 25 different flavours of Monster Energy drinks ... It is nice though.