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Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by NitpickLawyer on Thursday August 21, 2025 @03:46PM (#44977187)
Sabine is european, we kinda have some experience with alternatives to capitalism here, so... Yeah. That's not a valid criticism, on anyone. Just because you get points online for saying capitalism bad doesn't mean it's not the best out of everything we've tried so far...
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by gdbsjjdn on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:02PM (#44977362)
62% of Americans think the government should make sure everyone has health care: https://news.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx

America is the heart of a dying empire that is increasingly abandoning the majority of its citizens. I don't understand the European desire to gut social programs and emulate the US when the post-Reagan era has led to massive wealth concentration and reduced quality of life for most people.

Europe also has a lot of experience with fascism and y'all seem to be willing to ride that bus as many times as you can.

Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by NitpickLawyer on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:15PM (#44977506)
I ... Uh... That's not what capitalism means. Sorry. We have plenty of capitalist countries w/ great healthcare, and social programs. Capitalism means "free market" + rules. If you're unhappy about something, fix that, don't throw the baby with the water.
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by gdbsjjdn on Thursday August 21, 2025 @06:03PM (#44978647)
I love that the two replies to this post are "capitalism isn't actually when wealth concentration" and "fascism actually isn't when right wing authoritarians take control by demonizing ethnic groups and imposing austerity".
Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by capitotal on Thursday August 21, 2025 @06:53PM (#44979116)
> "free market" + rules

A contradiction! Some system.

Re:The contrarian physics podcast subculture by Mainan_Tagonist on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:23PM (#44977602)
Maybe because what you call "Fascism" isn´t Fascism and, as far as i know, nobody wants to gut our (varied) social programs, but we are just conscious that in some cases, said programs are failing, unsustainable due to resources misallocation and/or grossly mismanaged.

Having a slightly more dynamic entrepreneurial scene, where one is allowed to fail for instance, would be nice.

In my view, the way forward and the example to follow is Switzerland, not the US.