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I live under capitalism and I have Healthcare, free speech, I can protest, state is democratic, and corruption is mild (relatively)
You've mistaken capitalism with what you have in US
What has happened to the US is the direct result of unfettered capitalism. The more the wealth gets concentrated into the hands of fewer and fewer people, the more the ultra wealthy need to invest in oppression, surveillance, disinformation and fascism, since a united and well informed public would put their heads on spikes. Other countries are a little better insulated, not having bought so wholeheartedly into the idea of money controlling politics and not having been similarly brainwashed. The USA has been primed to fall first. But the root cause is ludicrous wealth inequality, which is a feature of capitalism and very much a global issue.
I'd say it's lack of political will to fix issues. Poland wanted to access common EU market and all the benefits, so we introduced high quality law and law enforcement along with strong anti curruption framework. Additionally if state fucks you, you can do a complain to the EU Tribunal of Justice. The end result is that we effectively have more capitalism than the corpocracy of US. And it works, capitalism is really good if it runs along with high quality legal framework. It's not a perfect system, but I by all means prefer it over US
OP lives in Poland, for anyone who wants to answer him, as per this comment
So, about poland if someone want to know:
Well, it's not as bad as usa but...it's not good either
Anyway, fight dystopia, folks
Compared to the US where there are two cancerous political parties and nothing else... Ever. Democracy in poland is far better. Instead of two cancerous parties, you have five cancerous parties, but at least there's some vote migration and resulting shifts of power. In case of US it's a literal duopoly.
While I agree 100% Poland is much more right wing than US, the freedom of speech is better. You aren't risking being shot for having wrong opinion here. Nor is police knocking to your doors for shitposting on Twitter like in UK. Worst what happens to left winger is right wingers down voting them into oblivion, which happens often.
It's shitty but stable. Many people use private services for more mundane issues like dental ect. And while it's shitty, it won't bankrupt you. In some cases, homelessness in US is caused by health issues combined with Healthcare costs. Here it just doesn't happen.
Yeah...and no. In poland, you have several cancerous parties which cooperate with two main cancerous parties. It's like distinction without a difference. Maybe there is a choice but...
Yet. About police knocking, they were knocking mostly during women's strike protests in 2020-2021 but now, police mostly surveil opposition (but they don't surveil fascist or just pro-russian groups. Interesting). Yeah, for now it's mostly downvoting but for how long? Especially if right wing can count on police
Stable...stably getting worse. Number or services you can use is decreasing. Yeah, surprisingly it's not that bad as usa but for how long? Especially if you have (another) pro-bussiness government
So just like I said, it's not as bad as usa but that doesn't mean poland is a paradise
I'm actually curious, what compelled you to look a whole month back into my post history?
I wouldn't have had any way of verifying what you had just said is true otherwise.
Which country is that?
Country of the winged hussars
lol right it could never happpen here ya shmuck
Yup, Americans are living under fascism and they're easily distracted.
good thing for our strong moral fiber. i'm certain this is just an american thing; it's not like capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction or anything, this is all just because americans are genetically stupid
It's a narcissism thing. There's narcissists everywhere, but it seems to be more common in the American population than elsewhere. Maybe because you're taught from a young age that a small group of revolutionaries invented freedom and you aspire to be like them. Because of this Americans are unlikely to consider any ideas from anywhere else in the world, and if exposed to new ideas from elsewhere will reject them because America is "too special" for outside ideas to work.
Americans place a greater importance on identity than other cultures. So you're either a capitalist, socialist, libertarian, or whatever. This prevents you from understanding any nuance on issues.
You can definitely have both capitalism and socialism working in the same society, and this has been demonstrated in many countries around the world. But it can't work in America because that would be compromise and Americans believe compromise is weakness. You're either a socialist that's against capitalism or a capitalist that's against socialism. Anything in between the extremes is something to be hated.
American culture has always been about imposing will onto others while sounding like you're enlightened. Slave masters writing pretty words about freedom and equality. American socialism isn't a deviation from this culture. American socialists seek to impose their will onto others in their country, while American fascists are imposing their will on the country. Everyone is writing a lot of pretty words about how they are the ones that are going freedom to the people and make America great.
While competing with each other over who can write the prettiest words about freedom (in an effort to manipulate others), your country becomes more corrupt and moves closer to collapse. Which you all seem to want because you believe a collapse will allow you to impose your will on your countrymen. Because you don't want freedom or equality, you just want to impose your will onto others. The American way in reality.
You're just slave masters writing pretty words about freedom. That's all America has ever been.
dude i'm not actually american that was rhetorical; your head is situated likewise on most of the other things you said
It's fine, there are Americans on here, and they need to get their heads out their asses.