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  • So the problem with Marxism is that labor isn’t considered something that individuals own themselves. Either in socialism it’s owned by the state, or in communism it’s owned by “the people”

    The M-C-M’ cycle is just kind of… how things work? There is labor involved in changing currency for commodities, and exchanging the commodity for more money than originally bought for. Like doing maintenance on the commodity, maybe transportation, etc. The only way you can purchase a commodity and then proceed to sell it for a profit is if some labor had occurred to make that commodity more valuable. Therefore the extra money comes from that labor. You can’t buy a TV from Walmart for $400 and try to sell it for $500 right out the front door, but someone might pay a premium for you to deliver it to their house.

    Point being that’s the fundamental flaw with saying “M-C-M’ bad” because it doesn’t account for labor, much like most marxist theories.

















  • Yipper46@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldIt sure does
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    I’m gonna be honest this is a dumb way to view these issues. “You’re either with me or against me” just fuels an “us vs them” mentality that leads to hate and division more than anything. It shows that you’d rather label people as “the enemy” than try to understand other perspectives. Also this is the bike cuck guy. Just saying.



  • Ok but how are plants not being exploited? Also it could be said that you can get meat without exploiting animals, such as getting rid of invasive species. At a certain point it’s not a diet it’s an ideology, and I feel they should have separate names. Because let’s say you’re just against exploitation of living organisms, then you’d be fine with eating invasive species, or meat hunted yourself, but deny eating anything from a farm.


  • Yipper46@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldIs jellyfish vegan?
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    I’d say when it comes to veganism it’s basically up to what you personally want to eat. I personally have no moral quandary with eating animals but if you do, I wouldn’t call you a hypocrite for eating jellyfish. Plants feel pain too, in a similar way, I could see it being justified. Taxonomy shouldn’t decide your morality.