Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

OneSplendidFellow t1_j6fqlav wrote

Until you run out of somebody else's money, and the more equal pigs start the same old mass murders. No thanks.

5

BoringBob84 t1_j6fyhb4 wrote

> somebody else's money

In an highly-automated society, it is not so easy to determine who the wealth really belongs to.

3

strvgglecity t1_j6gfaqb wrote

Murders? What? More equal pigs? What are you talking about, stranger?

−1

rogert2 t1_j6ghxik wrote

It is a reference to George Orwell's novel 1984, in which idealistic farm animals establish a socialist society that is ultimately subverted by pigs.

4

strvgglecity t1_j6gjepa wrote

I assume you meant Animal Farm lololol. I do laugh at how people in 2023 still think more socialized economies are somehow bad for citizens when nearly every metric of life is higher in those countries than the world's most purely capitalist society.

−2