doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoStealing from corporations bad, but stealing from socialists good, also most corporations are socialist nowhexbear.netimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1imageStealing from corporations bad, but stealing from socialists good, also most corporations are socialist nowhexbear.netdoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month agoI had a coworker tell me, with a straight face, that corporations are socialist because they’re owned by a bunch of people who get a share of the profits.
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoAmerican propaganda was so thorough that there’s a uncomfortable amount of people out there that think: Communism is when certain kinds of things get shared. And the list of how or what gets shared (and therefore becomes communist) is entirely arbitrary.
I had a coworker tell me, with a straight face, that corporations are socialist because they’re owned by a bunch of people who get a share of the profits.
American propaganda was so thorough that there’s a uncomfortable amount of people out there that think:
Communism is when certain kinds of things get shared.
And the list of how or what gets shared (and therefore becomes communist) is entirely arbitrary.