Great non-ideological analysis.

This has been going on for a while:

https://theintercept.com/2023/12/13/intercepted-podcast-israel-palestine-military-equipment/

So you‘re saying Coy‘s analysis so precisely defines capitalism it amounts to calling for its abolishment and therefore contradicts the Times‘ official stance?

Yeah, that’s true. I just made the point because you said good government, and that, I think, is debatable.

Kinda

I wouldn’t conflate democratic with good government because it gives us certain freedoms. The liberty in contemporary democratic societies is of a certain kind. Foremost it is the liberty of trade, property and production. Other liberties follow through that. The consumer side freedom of choice follows just as the freedom to theoretically take any job. The state may allow you that, but you may still be excluded by the choices of those whose liberty is guaranteed as well. I mean a government that treats everyone the same, isn’t necessarily good, if its citizens have different means to begin with.

what exactly do you mean?

Being a decent human being doesn‘t require an incentive. In fact if you try to be a decent human being because you expect it will be beneficial to you, you will probably fail

How is it even possible. We‘ve been killing them forever, and never seen a baby shark?

Ah, of course that changes everything. Throw the old men in jail

Interesting! It‘s the opposite with me, I am not a native English speaker, and I actually didn‘t understand blood-shod. They limp and have blood in their shoes? The pictures that came to my mind reminded me of the Borchert poem. It felt like the adequate reply. I love it for the explicit message: Sag Nein! The horror at its end I find just as horrifying as the Owen poem. Back to back, and we have snapshots of the horrors of WWI, WWII and WWIII.

https://www.bo-alternativ.de/borchert.htm

they tried

good

Thanks! Nice to reminisce.

“ I’m as big a critics of our modern capital-industrial system as the next person”

Evidently

Haha, what’s this from again?

Cool! I‘d also see it as a compliment. That‘s why I was surprised that a fellow luddite would interpret it differently. Alas, it was just this little word that made us stumble. But yeah, the Luddites knew that machines weren‘t evil. But that they would be used to generate more profit and not to lessen their toil

yeah, let‘s get rid of this antiquated shit. I‘ll cut my legs off and copter out of this ridiculous set

ah, now I get it. You meant ostensible goal

Edit: I also had to look it up )

as a luddite you should know that automation‘s goal never was to save us from unwanted labour. But of course this would have to be accomplished first, before your second assumption can ever come true.