Utopia

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dhork@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1d

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

davel@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1d (2 replies)

That reminds me, I should rewatch the British TV series Utopia? It’s good, though gratuitously, graphically violent. The US remake compares poorly.

yogthos@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1d

Oh I should check that out, and I find this is almost always the case.

caurvo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 19h

You should also watch the Australian TV series Utopia. Governmentally violent.

wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1d (2 replies)

What week of vacation?

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18h

The one they advertise as the heart of the bill that makes all the other listed stuff there a reality. Sick days, grievance, maternity, and vacation days all go against your 7 days per 400 days.

TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 11h

The shittest week, 3rd week of February.

FatVegan@leminal.space · 6 pts · 13h (1 reply)

BUT, there are a few very rich people who have a great time and tell them that it could be worse.

deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 12h

Yeah and that rich guy is me, the world is my backyard (not yours) and therefore my playground. I will lick the boot and eventually I will become the boot. While everyone else toils for my security I gaze upon my barren, empty, transplanted grass yard and scoff at the mention of people drinking the water I spread over my hollow fortress.

Socialism? Best I can do is “free market” slavery, my forced conscript child army will defeat the Walmart Raytheon child slave army any day now, then you’ll see!

SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6h

And that's our future. American workers love the taste of billionaire jizz.

AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2h

I always thought that a post scarcity anarchist, libertarian or communist utopia would basically converge into one.

Most notably, the absence of liberals

WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 2h (1 reply)

Even in this Left-Wing utopia, due to the nature of humans, they would find someone who does not "deserve" to be a part of it.

There must always be a least deserving person. There must always be a way to be better than others.

Only some very extreme CRISPR engineering not possible today would fix that.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1h

Human nature is context dependent, it changes under different conditions.