Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 9 days agoThatcher famously said "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money", but isn't it the best way to describe billionaires in late stage capitalism?message-squaremessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down14
arrow-up1500arrow-down1message-squareThatcher famously said "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money", but isn't it the best way to describe billionaires in late stage capitalism?Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·9 days agoIt’s so funny, because only one of those two systems is designed to invest back into itself. The other is a zero sum siphon that perfectly embodies what she described.
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 days agoExactly. When I thought of it (not in the shower lol), I was like waiiiiit…
It’s so funny, because only one of those two systems is designed to invest back into itself. The other is a zero sum siphon that perfectly embodies what she described.
Exactly. When I thought of it (not in the shower lol), I was like waiiiiit…