thank you for the thorough explanations and your patience.

Can you explain the difference between socialism and democratic socialism? I’m kinda confused. The rest makes sense now.

Lots of things to google, tyvm again

OK so capitalism and free markets are necessary. You need to have and dominate capitalism to end it. What’s the intermediate governing principle? Communism? That’s kind of a paradox, as we can’t have communism within capitalism, or can we?

As I see it, China looks a lot like a one-party democratic socialist republic using capitalism to exert soft power. I might be wrong though.

Or are you talking about other countries which want to establish communism?

Maybe… But if she does the bidding of her right wing puppet masters, doesn’t that make her a right wing puppet herself? She was CDU before, which is kinda right wing in Germany. By definition conservatives can’t bring change.

So basically, we need to achieve world domination where most nations are governed by democratic socialists before we can defeat capitalism? That explains a lot.

Thank you for the explanation!

believed capitalism and markets were necessary to develop productive forces before communism could happen.

But when will the communism finally happen? I guess the people in power often fall into a conservative trap to keep the status quo because it’s working.

I hope it won’t be a country, but basically the EU. It’s diverse enough that eventually all people have to cooperate. They already heavily lean into Open Source and many EU laws are quite good.

My issue with the EU is just that there still seem to be a lot of half-incompetent right wing capitalists in power, e.g. Ursula von der Leyen.

The left is shit at marketing… So the communist days may never come.

True, maybe a mix of both. I heard 401k in some TV show and knew it was an American thing but if someone said TFSA or RRSP without mentioning it was Canadian I’d have said the same thing. Canadians know there’s a world outside Canada though and would’ve specified so in the opening post.

No, man, I just wanted an explanation. And I got one from another kind soul.

Why even make that comment, it adds nothing to the discussion IMHO.

Thanks a lot for the explanations!!! 🤩

I’m sorry you seem to have a bad day, hope you’ll have a better one tomorrow. I won’t be fazed by a stranger trying to berate me 😄

Yep, easily the secret to happiness. And non-alc beer tastes great nowadays!

You mean 5W?

The title didn’t say “40 year olds in the US” now did it? Am I required to research every poster’s history? Jeez.

WTF is an HSA or 401k? We’re not all US Americans…

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Why did you dislike it?

If you studied it, you certainly have something to say, don’t you?

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Excerpt from @southsamurai@sh.itjust.works’s mentioned essay:

Hughes had this really distinct visual style. Bright, vibrant, and kinda larger than life. He used it to take a look at slices of life that were, in the breakfast club, angsty as fuck. Most scenes are vivid, and the drama plays out in that almost candy coated world.

Since the cast was perfect for their roles, something else Hughes was great at imo, they managed to each fulfill their stereotype in a way that pops out of the screen. The very artificialiality of the cinematography and the almost cheesy costuming allows you to skip past a lot of immersion barriers and just enjoy the characters and dialogue.

Hughes was really good at that balance. The Breakfast Club is the best example of his vision. And, because it influenced so many other filmmakers and the industry, it’s an important one to watch from that perspective, even if it isn’t really going to resonate as well with someone born much later. Not that it can’t, or won’t at all, just that the entirety of teen living shifted post internet, and much of the gen Y range falls into that era.

Thanks again. Hope it’s OK I reposted this, thought it needs to be preserved 😅

characters like Ally Sheedy’s role turned out to be the best people on the planet

Why? Sorry, still haven’t watched it, but sounds philosophical. How do we grow people like this?

EDIT: ooooh, just found out that’s where the quote comes from: “When you grow up, your heart dies.”

Sounds like Allison would be right up my alley. Looks like this is going onto my watch list.