Anti-capitalism diary proposes eliminating capitalism and monetary system as solution to societal problems
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NeverEverAgain
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A short diary entry reacting to comments on a story about Trump, where the author argues that eliminating capitalism, removing the monetary system, and transitioning to decentralized public ownership is the solution to society's problems. The piece is framed as a "Communism 101" open thread and anti-capitalism meetup discussion starter.
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· 1 pulledWe can fix this, and most all of society's problems, by eliminating capitalism, completely removing the monetary system (no barter!), elimination private business (all publicly owned), and change to a decentralized government that has no central
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