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[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Say what you can about communism, but you clearly see that capitalism is so much worse.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago

lol and I say this as someone who grew up in Soviet occupied eastern europe. Trust me, there are very few systems worse than communism, well at least, that version of it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

Communism lifted an illiterate nation of serfs into an industrial and atomic super power in, like, 50 years.

Which is to say just as bad as capitalism but approximately four times faster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

But was it communism? Or was it labour camps and dictatorship?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago

Heard someone say that their grandparents who left the USSR during the collapse in the early 90's told them something along the lines of "not everything the Soviet government promised us about communism was true, but everything they told us about capitalism is true."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think any of the nations who call themselves “communists” can actually be considered communist. Hell, most of them are pretty much dictatorships, which is the farthest you can get from communism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

If were gonna start arguing semantics though, then what is pure capitalism? As even the US has limits on what capitalist shenanigans they draw the lines on. Ie policies like antitrust laws, which are explicitly to prevent monopolies, because while capitalism strive for monopolies, monopolies also usually kill the market so...

The answer is obviously socialism when defined as the government owning or regulating the means of production, meaning just regulation is enough no need to own them.

Communism doesn't work yet because we can't seem to plan resources use for large economies as efficiently as organic markets do it.

But unregulated markets just destroy themselves, end up overexpensive enshittified adfests trying to push subpar products to you that won't last you even the walk home.

Capitalism is like the cancerous form of market economies.

And communism has historically been about as healthy as the vegan diet of a nutritionally uninformed anemic teenager. Its not bad as an idea, but market economies just work better when they're properly regulated.

I'd definitely argue with you that countries like China aren't actually communist.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/capitalism-with-chinese-characteristics/CECD36DB2C3623DEE4670F7897BAA3CB

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

It was also responsible for the highly anti-intellectual culture that existed and still continues in said country today. So it swings both ways.

[–] [email protected] 125 points 21 hours ago

There were 24,849 homicides in 2022.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm

Almost none of them, if any, likely required a nationwide manhunt.

Not one of them required an escort of 30 police officers plus a helicopter to the courtroom.

As far as I can tell, none of them were charged with terrorism.

And now he's getting as biased a judge as he could possibly get.

If we're going to start charging murderers with terrorism, let's start with the cops.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 21 hours ago

you people clearly don't know what you are talking about. "conflict of interest" only happens if it conflicts the interests of billionaires

[–] [email protected] 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Justice for Luigi is going to sail away with Judge parker at the helm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe this is a good thing? I'm not super familiar with american justice system but isn't his case is mostly betting on jury acquitting or using jury nullification or at least taking him to strong settlement? Having a judge like this would definitely sway the jury in Luigi's favor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

It's unlikely that Luigi's defense will be allowed to inform the jurors about the judge's conflict of interest

[–] [email protected] 41 points 21 hours ago

This judge needs to recuse themselves from the case.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

Home of the Whopper.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Kill her husband? Send a message?

[–] [email protected] 181 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I knew they were going to try him in a kangaroo court, I just didn't think they'd be this obvious about it.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The justice system probably assigned the judge randomly. It's just finding a judge without wealth is impossible ... which in and of itself is a problem.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

what you expect from a country where judges in the highest court get bribed with "gifts" and "private" trips, while at the same time ignore "international laws" and threaten the most recognized court in the world. What you expect from a government and country that allow a rapist, felon, to be a president while enabling the killing of more than 30 000 kids and women (year old worst estimates).

Such government will have no regards for it is own citizen and this is just the start of worse to come if people don't step in.

[–] [email protected] 165 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s definitely a conflict of interest.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm sure the judge will recuse themselves to avoid any appearance of impropriety... ^/s^

[–] [email protected] 34 points 22 hours ago

As Clarence Thomas has proved.

(Sack of shit.)

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[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rich people being shot means nature is healing ❤️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Life, uh, finds a way

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