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It is theorized by anthropologists that for most of humanity’s existence (almost 200,000 years), humans operated on gift economies, without keeping any ledgers or IOUs, and also not bartering.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy

Humanity mostly beat out (kind of, not really, humans mated/bred with neanderthals) neanderthals as a species in evolution because humans cooperated with each other, whereas neanderthals were more individualistic (also not a universal truth).

Greed and profit seeking are a direct result of forming massive civilizations with defined leaders and the possibility to gain power over other people. There are ideas for new economic systems that will eliminate this hierarchal structure, namely anarchism and some other socialist idiologies like forcing all corporations to be worker-owned coops (not all of them).

Here’s a playlist that’s a good introduction to anarchism: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8V0LbSKRwxqBt2Odrl_Yp_SlEVrv-w9G

And here is an intro to a worker coop focused economic system and modern Marxism (the non-authoritarian type): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Whccunka4

Capitalism was the system of economics from the get go. This allows people who want power (money) to be able to obtain it ad infinitum, which leads to corruption being possible since politicians can be bought.

Ah, I thought you were talking about the concept of electoral politics in general and not this specific moment in the US.

How can they learn what they already knew? The weakness/corruption/etc. is on purpose to serve their donors. The DNC already knows how powerful a leftist, grassroots movement is, which is why they snub the lefty candidate at every chance instead of letting their namesake run its course.

Maybe in our current state, where corruption can occur, but in a new, more democratic system where corruption can’t occur because no single person will have enough wealth or the financial incentive to be able to buy politicians.

The problem isn’t electoral politics, but that we don’t live in a democracy.

You don’t even have to join. ICE wears plainclothes, drives unmarked vehicles, wears masks, and never shows their badge. Anyone can be ICE.

The Democratic party has always just been another branch of the wealthy. Neoliberalism is a cancer that really kicked into gear when Heritage Foundation-backed president Ronald Reagan came into office. Obama (I believe in his second term) said that back in the 80s, he would have been considered a moderate Republican.

500% isn’t nearly high enough. We need every single person everywhere fighting against these gangster, white supremacist thugs.

That assumes that Trump doesn’t invoke Martial Law and suspend elections.

You know, that thing that the GOP screamed Obama would do. They’re known for massive amounts of projection, after all.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LW6RWSiR88s

IIRC Revanced uses its own microG fork.

The original YouTube app that it’s pafching is obviously still proprietary, but all patches and the patcher are open source.

I started using PipePipe, which is a fork of NewPipe that allows for signing into a Google account to authenticate.

I create dummy Google accounts using an old Android phone, as that doesn’t require a phone number.

The vast majority of people stick with defaults, no matter how shitty they are.

Pork riders? In this congress? Unheard of!

This is on purpose. Republicans want all of government to fail so that they and their rich friends can buy everything up and privatize it.

I’m down for the entire government stepping down.

Same thing they’ve always done: nothing.

He said that in the same tweet that he announced the US attacked Iran.

November, you say? I wonder what happened in November that caused Netanyahu to be emboldened to the point of planning Iranian assassinations…

Popcorn is just a method of eating butter or other oil-based flavours.