The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic

Re:The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic by caskstrength on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:20AM (#37830016)

So why they are not voting to get it back? It is not like all kinds of Communist/Socialist parties are outlawed in either exUSSR or ex-Ugoslavian countries, it is just that some old people like to reminisce about it but nobody _actually_ wants it back.

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Re:The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic by derelicta on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:34AM (#37830066)

You can't vote yourself out of capitalism the same way you can't vote yourself out of slavery.

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Re:The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic by caskstrength on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:50AM (#37830148)

Says who? Sure you can! After failed coup attempts Venezuela did exactly that in 1998[0]. But I guess they were no true Scotsman, right?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Venezuelan_presidential_e...

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Re:The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic by derelicta on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:35AM (#37830414)

Sometimes miracles happen :)

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Re:The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic by OfSanguineFire on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:45AM (#37830115)

For a certain generation of Yugoslavs, it isn’t just the party that matters but the specific man who led it, Tito. Once he died, even though his party remained, things quickly went downhill for Yugoslavia.

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