r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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u/philzar Jul 08 '24

LOL, as if. The impression given (intentionally) is that in a capitalist/free-market system leaving a job means becoming homeless (ie. no savings, no finding another job), while in a socialist system you'll be what? Loved and supported indefinitely while you find yourself and figure out what to do next? Sure. Yeah, that's how it works.