I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.

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    Our current model is driving the world off an ecological cliff. The externalities of free market capitalism are fast approaching and it should be clear as day to any rational person that it is a massive failure.

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      Lmao capitalism I literally the innovation engine behind all green and sustainable development.

      Fun fact: socialists also burned coal and oil

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        Well the idea that no workers would ever have any disputes was your contribution to the discussion, not a claim I ever made. Of course they would have disputes, and those disputes would be dealt with democratically. You like democracy, I assume?

        My point in bringing up climate change is that people like to bring up the current system as a working model. But it doesn’t work at all. If we continue doing things the way we are we are cooked.

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          How many times has diplomacy ever solved a dispute? Munich 1938 is a great example on why they usually only delay the inevitable

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            Presumably it works some of the time. My country doesn’t descend into war every time there’s an election.

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            Diplomacy is like an oxygen supply: You only notice it when it fails. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t generally work.

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                You mean besides the decades the US and USSR didn’t blow the entire world to pieces or even enter direct conflict, which would likely have killed millions more than the proxy wars that occurred with diplomatic intervention? I’m sorry, I just can’t take anyone who truly thinks that diplomacy is always useless seriously. It strongly suggests they’ve never read a history book.

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            I mean, do you have a genuinely better alternative than a democracy with some rules to prevent ogliarchys and protect citizens rights?