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@monarchist @freepatriot Well, not perhaps when looking at the ownership part, but most _definitely yes_ when it comes to the mindset!
On the other hand... scraping at the ownership part, there are similarities. In communism, in reality, a small group tends to form that controls everything in practice, even though on paper, everyone owns everything.
So from a command and control structure, there are similarities. The "saving grace" of corporations is competition and the market. Without
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@monarchist @freepatriot those, and with the ever expanding size and domination of the modern western "democracy" I'd say that corporations would be pretty close to communist times.
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@monarchist @freepatriot That's why we talk and debate! To make our ideas stronger and easier to communicate!
As epicurus said...
"In a philosophical dispute, he who is defeated gains most, since he learns most."
Vatican sayings nr 74.
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@monarchist @freepatriot At the moment! When we gain the technological ability to mine the deep ocean floor, it will surely be parceled out.
But yes... I do dream sometimes of a libertarian community under a dome under the sea. ;)
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@monarchist @freepatriot he pays for his benefits. But I am certain he will move back to sweden once he has saved up his nest egg.
Meanwhile, I've kept my taxes down to 6%-14% in eastern europe. Less woke, close to all european countries, and less arabians than in western europe!
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@monarchist @freepatriot It does sound an awful lot like modern western "democracy" where there is a political class that never changes and where offices are almost inherited, and the rest, the private sector.
Regardless of form, checks and balances are important, as well as a framework to stop the growth of the government, no matter the form. Government seems to grow like cancer, regardless of the form. =/
Once it grows too big, so that the workers can no longer sustain it, it turns to
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Some goals are personal (probably more accurate than "subjective").
However, there are other necessary goals as well, including civilization.
And of course, accumulating wisdom.
We are mortal. Tribes are not, unless they choose to be.
There should always be Swedish death metal.
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The third world sucks ass and I want to avoid it in all forms.
But, I could see being a canal boater in England or the Netherlands...
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This is why you have lesser aristocrats.
We are going to have some kind of government... monarchy is the best for long-term returns.
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quit resisting.
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Should we say that corporate jobs are basically a precursor to Communism?
