Comments by "Michael Mappin" (@michaelmappin1830) on "TED" channel.

  1. Exactly! Workers should do their own work! We had our own tools that we would need to work for these rich Prix Here are two examples of Democratic workplaces in the United States https://youtu.be/-VdbFzwe8fQ Info on how they work https://youtu.be/8xGY6Lc71ns
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  2. Climate change is a hoax? You still believe that considering what's been going on over the last few years? 😀 and who talks like you do? The oil companies and individuals such as the Koch brothers. Yes, the oil companies banking companies are actually on our side trying to save us from the evil Illuminati trying to control us.
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  3. Capitalism is dependent upon waste. It's like a cancer. You can't reduce consumption under capitalism. That doesn't make any sense. It's a contradiction.
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  4. Democracy is not the total rule of the majority. Of course there are limitations and laws. Democracy is when people get to vote on decisions and policies that affect everyone. The majority can't get together and decide to take your personal property or your toothbrush. 😀
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  5. That's why we need to increase the number of democratic workplaces. If we do that, then we can keep most of the wealth where it belongs, and the community and with the wealth producers/ workers.
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  6.  @fotis4044  , State ownership of the means of production is not socialism. Of course capitalist dictionaries says it is, but it's not. When the state owns the capital, thats state capitalism.
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  7.  @fotis4044  , that's not true. Direct worker ownership predates state ownership. The concept of State ownership came at a much later date in history.
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  8. Monopoly is the goal of capitalism. Capitalism concentrates wealth and power at an exponential rate. That's why it was necessary to put antitrust laws in place.
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  9. Human weaknesses rule the world because we're under a capital system. We don't have to worry about that under the system that he's proposing because it's a bottom-up, democratic non hierarchical system of organization. Those are the top don't have power and control over those underneath.
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  10. We just need to print more money and make bigger credit cards 😀
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  11. Do you think increasing the number of democratic workplaces would make a difference? Here are two examples of Democratic workplaces in the United States https://youtu.be/-VdbFzwe8fQ Info on how they work https://youtu.be/8xGY6Lc71ns
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  12. What if we increase the number of democratic workplaces? Do you think that would make a difference? Here are two examples of Democratic workplaces in the United States https://youtu.be/-VdbFzwe8fQ Info on how they work https://youtu.be/8xGY6Lc71ns
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  13. Capitalism is an immoral system that's based on exploitation. It's not about working for a living, it's about owning for a living. That basically means living off of other people's labor. It's the economic system of parasites. Economic feudalism.
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  14. That should be comforting. We should have achieved economic democracy long time ago. What's scary is that so many people actually still support capitalism.
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