Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors?message-squaremessage-square294fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down123
arrow-up1400arrow-down1message-squareELI5 What is the hate against socialism? I mean doesn't it mean a system where the people take care of themselves and neighbors?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square294fedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·2 days agoThe world has had enough resources for post-scarcity for decades, if not centuries. Before, the problem was logistics, now it’s will.
minus-squaredoben@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoOh it has always been will. Let‘s not pretend like capitalism has the better logistics and therefore a better world wouldn‘t have been possible sooner. That’s only romanticizing capitalism.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m talking about methods of transport and storage. Food isn’t likely to rot before it gets where it’s going, like it was a couple hundred years ago.
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou can eat Southafrican oranges in Europe. Food could go wherever it’s needed but rich people doesn’t want it.
The world has had enough resources for post-scarcity for decades, if not centuries. Before, the problem was logistics, now it’s will.
Oh it has always been will. Let‘s not pretend like capitalism has the better logistics and therefore a better world wouldn‘t have been possible sooner. That’s only romanticizing capitalism.
I’m talking about methods of transport and storage. Food isn’t likely to rot before it gets where it’s going, like it was a couple hundred years ago.
You can eat Southafrican oranges in Europe. Food could go wherever it’s needed but rich people doesn’t want it.