Interesting, maybe I’ll read the book. I’m trying to read more

I don’t know anything about Dune, does it have Magic (the Force)?

I agree. Businesses and owners have too much influence. I want more unions, trust-busting, and consumer protections. Workers seem to be organizing more at least, which is a good start.

I think human nature is inherently greedy and selfish, and capitalism is best equipped to use this in a way that benefits society. Workers are motivated to work harder and learn new skills to find the most rewarding job they can. Businesses are motivated to create products and run as efficiently as possible. Consumers are motivated to get as much value as the can out of their money. Everyone in the equation is acting selfishly and in their own self-interest (which I believe humans are inclined to do anyway) but when applied on a societal level, everyone benefits. However I will concede that this is a balancing act that requires some level of government regulation to maintain.

On the other hand, I think communism only works when everyone acts altruistically. Which is noble, but unrealistic.

I think capitalism is good, but not perfect. Communism is bad.

Do you have a real-world example of a successful communist state? Because you may not like it, but those “communist” countries are humanities best attempts at enacting communism and they resulted in millions of people dying.

So the tens of millions of people that died under communism were all landlords? Wow, what are the chances of that

I’m voting third party, I dislike them both. But don’t worry, I live in a blue state so it doesn’t really matter anyway.

I’d short reddit stock if anything

Maybe the smiling guy is happy because the trolley isn’t running over the one person, and he doesn’t know what’s on the other track.

Are democrats critical of Biden’s cognitive ability too or are both sides hypocrites?

Buy even more groceries and still carry them in one trip

I want to start budgeting this year, I’m going to try this

She must not know a lot about Islam then.

What the fuck FDA

Three year olds + philosophers:

Trying to understand the world

Uhhh, source? I mean, I hope we can transition that much by 2040 but is this based on anything?

Could you elaborate?

With the exception of debt from unexpected medical costs , yes it is a conscious choice.

There are more benefits to credit cards, but if you don’t pay them off every month pretty much all pros are massively outweighed by the cons.