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.
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I asked my dog about this, and she had some good points:
First of all, that’s Duplo not Lego.
Second of all, “the means to my Lego”?
Third of all, theft is theft under both capitalism and socialism. If he didn’t have an agreement with his dad that his dad could take half the tower, the dad is simply a thief. And theft is theft under both systems. And if his dad is supposed to represent “the government” or something, and taking half his stuff is supposed to be taxation, taxation happens under both capitalism and socialism.
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.)
You don’t so much get something in return for taxation as you already got it. Other people’s taxes created the conditions for your income and now part of your income goes to creating the conditions for other people to generate value and income. It’s a raw deal if you have a very high income and you only get infrastructure and healthcare back but realise that the whole foundation of your wealth, safety, and happiness comes from other people’s taxes and then hopefully it is okay to pay taxes to give those things to other people. Additionally, this is capitalism so if you have a lot of income it’s because other people are generating more value than their income. Society (and therefore taxes) is the only thing that can make that tolerable.
I mean, Dad, being a dad, did supply a lot of things to junior: food, shelter, security, etc. And, even though I think the libertarian idea that “taxation is theft” is really stupid, there is a slight point that it’s not a contract you sign or an arrangement you agree to, it’s an requirement forced on you based on where you’re born. If you don’t like those rules, you have to leave the country – and even leaving the country isn’t always something people are allowed to do.
In that, there’s a bit of a similar relationship with your parents. They impose rules on you that you can’t negotiate and can’t refuse. You’re stuck with them until you’re old enough to move out and live on your own.
Anyhow, the whole thing is kinda dumb. At least, that’s what my dog says. Oh, and she’d like for you to describe the smell of your dog’s butt for her, if you wouldn’t mind.
she’d like for you to describe the smell of your dog’s butt for her, if you wouldn’t mind.
Oh I don’t mind a bit. It smells, and I quote: “Woof woof grrr, arrf snort hmpf huffhuff.” Hope that helps.
Dog tax:
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.
I mean those look like off brand building bricks. Also duplo is a lego brand
Duplo is just as much “Lego” as Technic is. They’re all made by the same company.
That isn’t just any duplo, it’s specifically LEGO Duplo. That’s like calling Word word instead of Microsoft Word or Chrome chrome instead of Google Chrome. What about Linux instead of ***/Linux?
Your dog should take extra lessons. How’s it passing school not knowing this?
No, dad has a point. Kid had half of his labor taken in order to provide for others. Get him a pension, healthcare, and some robust workers rights
That 18 month old’s name? Julian Delphiki.
Ok, that’s a solid reference even if I won’t read those anymore. Kudos.
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.
A message board isn’t just a message board. Its content and how it’s designed and moderated determine what kinds of people use it. There’s a big difference between a message board like 4chan and a message board like reddit.
Because 4chan is like using the Internet by writing on papyrus.
there is no difference between Reddit and Lemmy
There’s a number of large differences, in fact
Many things ruined Reddit. So many things.
It was a number of things
Leftists will read this and say, “Hell yeah!”
Hell yeah!
I asked my insufferable pet cat about this, and they dropped a wall of text on me:
It’s not socialism and this exact notion that “socialism is when workers get compensated fully and fairly for their work and when they own the means of production” has been thoroughly called out for being nonsensical. Workers merely owning their means of production is a minor improvement, but it doesn’t abolish capital or exploitation given how markets and commodity production still exist.
Now, in order to compete within that market for profit, workers have to exploit themselves by reducing their wages, increasing their own work hours to produce more goods to outflood their opponents so they essentially turn to collective capitalists.
A person under this system also can’t make full value of their labor, simply because there’s taxes that are used to fund public sectors such as education, healthcare, etc (it’s necessary though). People also are different, some can work more intensely with higher tempo due to how they’re built, and others might not be able to put in the same amount of labor, thus it’s impossible to have “fair compensation” without uprooting commodity production, doing away with money completely and instead producing things to fulfill everyone’s needs. Only then can things truly be “fair”.
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.
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.
I write software. The software that I write don’t belong to me. The owner of the software I write makes money of it. It’s “means of production” and the product itself simultaneously.
What does “means of production” even mean
In Marxist theory, the “means of production” refers to the physical inputs used to produce goods and services. This includes things like tools, machinery, land, raw materials, and factories. Essentially, it’s everything needed to carry out the process of production, excluding human labo
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My son did a thing, so I said “Good job”. Then I punched him straight in the face. “This is a political metaphor!” I screamed into his sobbing bleeding broken nose.
Now my wife says she’s filling for divorce and taking the kids. I’ve been fired from my job for punching a coworker while saying “This is a political metaphor!” as well.
Just goes to show the state of free speech in this country. I swear to God, it’s the damned Communists in the schools. They ruined everything.
Duplo is lego though.
Yeah, and a warm can od diet Sam’s club soda is the same as a Pepsi
No, they rebranded. Duplo really is LEGO nowadays.
Yeah, but they are still separate products
I asked my alter ego whether that definition of socialism was right and he said that I should ask my other alter ego, who said that this looks shopped, but couldn’t confirm for some reason, so he went on to ask one of his sockpuppet imaginary friends whether this was true and came back with a slap to my face.
So, there you have it, slap on my face/true
But also the dad was so stupid from Trumptard brainwashing and AI brain rot that he was unable to read the 5-line paragraph that his toddler authored, so the message was never received anyway.
Well actually I inquired with the spirits living at the boundary of reality and the world of pure information and they had no idea who your alter ego was.
My god reddit being pedantic is the understatement of the year…
