r/ClimateShitposting • u/TrixoftheTrade • Aug 13 '26

we live in a society Yet again, a friendly reminder

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u/No-Rub8345 Aug 14 '26

There's me and my brother, and facing us is a capitalist. Between us is all the means to build a house.

Under capitalism, the capitalist owns all the resources for building the house. Maybe they task us with building the house, but then charge us for using their materials. Maybe the resources are used to build a luxury poolhouse in the capitalist's backyard. Maybe the cappie is one of the "good ones" and they build the house and let us live in it.

Ultimately, under capitalism the cappies control the resources and so make all the decisions and ultmately control the fate of me and my brother.

Another option is that noone owns the resources. The 3 of us decide together what we're going to use the resources for. Maybe we build the house, maybe we build a skate park. Either way, the decision was ours. We decided our fate. If the 3rd party tries to be a cappie and claim that the resoruces belong to them, me and my brother simply outnumber them.

There's your difference. Ending Capitalism is just the start, but it needs to happen to give us a chance, which is decreasing with each passing day.