"I never experienced another system and suddenly realize that the current system isn't perfect. My solution: let's tear everything down"
-- every teenager who just started to understand the world
Yeah also don't understand that any system involving humans is never going to be perfect because people will find a way to screw it up. That doesn't mean you give up on improving it of course, more the opposite. Every system will constantly require effort to improve or it will degrade over time.
There is no such thing as a perfect system, but that means there will always be ways to improve the existing system, no matter what the existing system is. The "tear it down and start over" mentality makes people useless in efforts to actually make things better. Perfect is the enemy of good.
Not just that but there is no "THE system" it's more of a stew made out of dozens of systems working around and with each other. You can't just throw out the stew and start over because it's already got all of us and everything in it. I don't want to go too far with that metaphor but you get the idea.
"The boy was sanctimonious as only youth can be when descrying the faults of their elders."
I read that once and always loved that quote.
Don't get me wrong: I think nothing is more healthy for a society than a rebelling youth and all the "trouble" that comes with it. We've all been there.
But in times were edgy elders vote for Trump and carry no vision, morale or understanding besides mere platitudes like "tearing down everything", "draining the swamp", "building a wall" etc., all those calls for radical destruction without offering an alternative annoy the shit out of me.
I never experienced another system and have come to the gradual realisation that the current system is inherently exploitative, values some people above others, and leaves very little hope for a future as it continues to render the planet's surface less habitable by the year. My solution: let's tear the system down before it tears all of us down with it.
FTFY.
My solution: let's tear the system down before it tears all of us down with it.
"...without having any clue about what comes next, blindly hoping that it will rule out injustice and inherent exploitation although there is no precedence or vision by anyone."
This is not a fix. It's calling to kill the complete herd for a few sick animals while others take enormous efforts to find a cure.
"I'm such a douchebag entitled narcissist so I'm going to plug my ears and go 'na na na this is fine' as the system destroys EVERY GODDAMN FUCKING FACET of society and whatever future these 'teenagers' may have. BUT IT'S THE TEENAGERS THAT ARE TO BLAME, RIGHT?"
Get off your fucking high horse. Jesus fucking christ dude.
You know, the post that you're responding to could just be highlighting a parallel rather than being a criticism of the OP.
and go 'na na na this is fine'
that's not what I wrote and you suggesting it tells a lot about how you look at the world and people around you.
Keep on memeing, dude. You'll surely make the world a better place...
Destroyed and replaced by?
People fail to realize that socialism isn't just an ideology but a process. It involves looking back at previous attempts and learning from their mistakes and improving.
That’s what capitalism is for😎
Another failed system
Versus doing nothing? Lemmy is fucking ass lately, shitting all over hyperbole while rolling over and letting capitalism and pessimism run your sorry, sad fucking lives.
I will ask the questions, comrade
Let's iterate!
Worker ownership over the means of production
(Not a huge fan of centralized planning since that tends to lead to authoritarianism)
This is the kind of stupidity that let's those Jan 6th criminals justify their treason.
Same terrible message, aimed at a different audience. But ultimately the same shit.
The fun part about memes like this is that they could be posted by anyone, anywhere on the political spectrum. The only hint at intent is in the title or community
The image kind of hints at the audience.
Punchline title.
Good meme tho.
No, thanks, I actually benefit quite a bit from the current system.
The systems not broken it was built this way.
That's the whole fucking joke, bruv
redditors..
...if you have a way to put a new, better system in place to replace the old one.
Historically, has that ever happened?
If I'm not mistaken, the usual cycle seems to be dismantling an existing system due to grievances unaddressed, seeking a consolidation of power, or other political machinations, attempts at forming & establishing new systems for a period of time, until eventually some system emerges that manages to survive for some time but its persistence is not assured.
At least in the US is proveably isn't working as intended. Section 1983 of the federal code was illegally modified in 1874 by one person that had no authority to do so. That revision is what "decided" Harlow V Fitzgerald in 1982. That case should have found that the 1871 Congress had outlawed any immunity from prosecution for civil servants of any kind.
This is also similar to how "corporate personhood" became a legal fictive, yet legal precedent.
The system isn't working as intended at all, and the consequences of those two minor "revisions" has allowed the rich to buy the government.
Precisely
I dont like the whole egg thing and thats were im leaving that at. Otherwise, spot on. Downvotes to the rigth.
More than welcome to go to another system. None of witch works. US system is not perfect, but its the best
Yeah, don't seek to improve anything. I wouldn't trade ours for that of Cambodia, but I'd sure as shit trade it for Denmark. We could strive to implement better processes in our system. First thing is to admit that there's a problem.
Oh I love going bankrupt because I got ill. The US system is broken and needs to be fixed/revamped. It is by far not the best.
I'm an advocate for fixing it so much it looks completely different, effectively destroying it.
I had to pay a $3000 hospital bill last year for surgery that I waited two years to get and it didn't even work. And I have what is considered good insurance.
The system is fucking broken.
The best at what?
Keeping it citizens fat and happy while an elite few rape it's wealth and resources?
The best at papering over the massive problems that pervade its society at every level?
The best at mass shootings?
The best at electing possibly genuinely retarded people to political office (tens of millions of americans voted for donald trump, even after 4 years of him being clinically unhinged and extremely stupid)?
The best at having an average reading age of 9?
If you learn how to read charts and graphs, you can look up worldwide happiness indexes and where the US is in education and freedom and all those things. They are all written down for you. Intelligent people have already done the research and had a peer reviewed. All that you have to do is learn how to understand it.
"Intelligent people make graphs" lol, no people with time do. Dont need to be "Intelligent" to make that investigation
