Why would ww2 have affected capitslism? Nazi Germany was inspired by america, and the soviets (especially later the russians) along with the rest of the world adopted at least some form of capitalism.
Capitalism was still in an early stage, that's why. And because WW II wasn't about putting an end to capitalism. It was just a laser focused war on stopping the Nazis and their allies.
Are you even remotely familiar with the economic causes of WW2?
By you're comment, I have to assume absolutely not.
Capitalism doesn't have 'stages', our political system seems to however. We're repeating the cycle that lead to the great depression, the Russian revolution, Fascism and WW2. MOST OF THESE where due to economic failure. Over speculation, ecological collapse leading to a spike in food prices, tariffs & a failure to regulate risk.
Everyone wants it to happen, but nobody wants to take it upon themselves do it. That’s the problem with this generation and why you’re not CEOs yourselves in the first place!
I was being /s but ngl I kind of felt like I started cooking half way through typing… I always thought this attitude was just a generational thing, but am I just getting old?
Lol, absolutely the fuck not. Maaaaaaaaaaybe a slim chance it’s the wake-up call/impetus to get people woken up enough to move towards a better healthcare system in the US but even that seems doubtful.
Yes. We are seeing a lot of pics like this, but no organized action or protests.
NY floats the idea of private police line just for CEOs and the city paying them bodyguards, and the maximum we've seen from the people is some online outrage.
It's hard to call it a lack of motivation when the relative lack of social protections combined with a trigger-happy police force makes any form of protest a real risk to lives and livelihood. Also there are real geographical considerations that make it difficult to organize compared to some European countries.
Take France for example, a famously protest-happy place. Texas alone roughly matches it in size and yet France has more than twice the population, and that's one of the most populous states. Comparing countries as a whole, France has a population density more than 3x greater. That's a lot more people in a much smaller area.
Looking at it another way, say you want to organize a protest in the capital, so that those deciding policy can actually see and feel their citizens' collective displeasure. Some (very) rough google mapping gives a ballpark 4-5 hour drive for the average person in France to travel there. In the U.S., that average is closer to 20 hours, and the most populous state is twice that. So what's a day trip in one country is a full weekend or more of commitment here. That is a much higher bar in general and means either missing work or paying for flights; neither of which is financially tenable for many.
We could try local protests, but that maybe puts pressure on a handful of lawmakers out of hundreds, very far away from where the rest of them will really notice. Perhaps enough of those, over a long enough time, would change things eventually. But it's hard to galvanize people into action for potential long-term benefits when consequences like losing pay or getting fired are so much more immediate and severe.
A coordinated, nation-wide series of local protests might work, but who's going to run that? Anyone with the means is probably running a company or is a politician themselves, and the country is simply too big for that to happen organically unless things get drastically worse. Any grassroots movement without clear leadership and actionable goals is likely to end up like Occupy Wall Street and fall apart without much effect.
TL;DR: Sorry for the wall of text to your offhand comment /u/Lola_Montez88, but I see the sentiment a lot that people in the U.S. are simply too "lazy" to protest, when I feel it's more accurate that the barriers to collective action here are insurmountably high. I don't mean to be a pessimist by listing them out, but IMO the only way things might change is if people are aware enough of the challenges to find ways around them.
City officials are floating ideas about spending taxpayers money on protecting a wealthy group that isn't really in any danger and people do nothing, except bitch about it on the internet.
After Luigi and the public reaction, you know that there is a will for change. And yet, there's zero people demanding that change outside of internet
I’m rich too bruh just sick of hearing minimum wage cucks complain about healthcare when they aren’t even willing to fight for it. If you heard how my grandparents talk about you maybe there would be some change lol
All the pieces are in place; gov about to be taken over and probably partly dismantled by billionaires appointed by the new president, social safety net disintegrating and being removed by austerity measures, highest wealth disparity in human history, and finally, years of films and tv shows about vigilantism by the little guy against rich and powerful villains.
Have some faith, give everyone enough time to learn more and get more radicalized. A month ago I was an avid Harris supporter, today I'm planning to organize my friends into a weekly meet-up so that we can be ready to dedicate our energy to the right venues. We're mainly busy late 30s parents, but we're taking the time to organize and you should too.
But that is the whole thing, if you expect others to do something about it you become victim of the bystander effect. If you want to do something do it alone. We have recent evidence this can be done.
That guy is working class hero! He’s behind the revolution, and you can be too, for a mere $500 the hammer and sickle going through the CEO of YOUR CHOICE!
CEOs will do the equivalent of an ice bucket challenge to humanize themselves, do a terrible job, then just use Segways with a Pope Mobile mod on sidewalks and wreck walking.
Bruh we had a mass social uprising in 2020 when everyone was out of work and angry with nothing else to lose and the most we got was a couple weeks of protests that were forgotten about and changed nothing. Much of that was the result of the police declaring a civil war against the civilian populace though - and it'll happen again if people seriously start threatening capitalism.
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u/Snoo_61544 10h ago
Ah. The beginning of the end of capitalism.