Life lesson, kid
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Hell yeah!
Leftists will read this and say, “”
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Also, taxes aren't theft. You get something in return for it, usually services and infrastructure. Dad didn't give anything back for the stolen Duplos. Says my dog.
(Oh, and please tell your dog I said hi.)
Taxation can basically be theft depending on the situation. Remember that paying taxes is compulsory and not inherently a form of mutual aid.
It's possible to tex someone against their will and with no benefit offered to them.
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Edit: there are some minor mistakes with the title and the text in the meme indicating that it's Lego, not duplo...
Don't be pedantic; that's what ruined Reddit in the first place.
What does “means of production” even mean in 2025? It’s not like we all work in a shoe factory
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Robots. Robot slaves for everyone is the solution.
Fully automated luxury gay space communism
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I didn't ask my cat anything. He just ran up, smacked me, called me a loser, and stole a chicken thigh off my plate.
That's a kleptocat, clearly just bypassing capitalism/communism and going straight to the end game
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What does “means of production” even mean in 2025? It’s not like we all work in a shoe factory
Something that produces goods or services.
For example, a musician makes music as a service, and that music can be made into a commodity either with a packaged good such as a book of sheet music or a method of storing the music (a file or disc), or you can sell tickets to hear the music.
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Something that produces goods or services.
For example, a musician makes music as a service, and that music can be made into a commodity either with a packaged good such as a book of sheet music or a method of storing the music (a file or disc), or you can sell tickets to hear the music.
Im a condo superintendent, so I don’t really produce anything. I just look at your leaky roof, nod and call a guy.
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Im a condo superintendent, so I don’t really produce anything. I just look at your leaky roof, nod and call a guy.
You do produce a lack of issue. Like there was an issue, then you make it not an issue.
What would be the means of production? I am uncertain.
- Even in communist paradise, we will have building superintendents.
- On the other hand, owning one's own home might be the means of production in this sense.
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Im a condo superintendent, so I don’t really produce anything. I just look at your leaky roof, nod and call a guy.
So the condo association here is the 'means of production' since they're providing housing services. Ideally, it'd be owned by the workers (who would ideally also be condo owners) and they'd split any profits evenly.
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Im a condo superintendent, so I don’t really produce anything. I just look at your leaky roof, nod and call a guy.
You do provide a service though. Do the people who own the apartments actively do anything in particular that makes sense for them to own it completely?
Who do you think would have a more vested interest in running the apartments in a functional and efficient manner, the people maintaining the buildings or the people who see it as one of their many investment properties.
Socialism isn't just about what's fair, it's also about creating a more efficient system to distribute labour and resources.
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So the condo association here is the 'means of production' since they're providing housing services. Ideally, it'd be owned by the workers (who would ideally also be condo owners) and they'd split any profits evenly.
Ah, Landlords aren't the evil capitalist class then. They're just a worker that owns the means of production and splits the profits evenly with themselves.
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Edit: there are some minor mistakes with the title and the text in the meme indicating that it's Lego, not duplo...
Don't be pedantic; that's what ruined Reddit in the first place.
My god reddit being pedantic is the understatement of the year...
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Don't be pedantic; that's what ruined Reddit in the first place.
It seems like everybody has a different theory about wHaT rUiNeD ReDdIt
What ruined Reddit is the enshitification.
As far as the people themselves go... A message board is a message board. People on Lemmy hate to hear it, but there is no difference between Reddit and Lemmy in that regard. Lemmy's population is just smaller.
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You do produce a lack of issue. Like there was an issue, then you make it not an issue.
What would be the means of production? I am uncertain.
- Even in communist paradise, we will have building superintendents.
- On the other hand, owning one's own home might be the means of production in this sense.
The organization and tools involved in the job.
So for the condo super "owning the means" could be being part of co-op that manages the building.
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Ah, Landlords aren't the evil capitalist class then. They're just a worker that owns the means of production and splits the profits evenly with themselves.
Wrong, idiot.
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Ah, Landlords aren't the evil capitalist class then. They're just a worker that owns the means of production and splits the profits evenly with themselves.
Maybe there's a terminology problem, but I thought each condo unit was individually owned? Like, if you've got a tower block, and everybody owns their own domicile within it, it's a condo, but if they're owned by a landlord and rented out, it's an apartment.
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Edit: there are some minor mistakes with the title and the text in the meme indicating that it's Lego, not duplo...
Don't be pedantic; that's what ruined Reddit in the first place.
Duplo is lego though.
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Wrong, idiot.
And here I thought this wasn't Reddit
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Maybe there's a terminology problem, but I thought each condo unit was individually owned? Like, if you've got a tower block, and everybody owns their own domicile within it, it's a condo, but if they're owned by a landlord and rented out, it's an apartment.
It was a tongue in cheek strawman or if you want to be fancy, a pedagogical tool.
If "providing housing" is a job/service/whatever produced by workers then I, as a theoretical landlord, own some means of production and split the profits with all of the workers: myself.
It seemed like a funny twist of words.
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Duplo is lego though.
Yeah, and a warm can od diet Sam's club soda is the same as a Pepsi
