oh. thread title is weird then

Communist Russian people had technology and cars from the 50 's and 60s

Cuba had cars and tech from the 40's and 50's until recently

NO bro

also if we can overcome language, then a great amount of the barriers that hold us back will be shattered

true

humans have progressed exponentially in the past 30 years

look at womens rights and lgbt rights. obviously misogyny and homophobia are still around but its much less prevalent than any time in history. gay bashers are practically nonexistent in most urban western cities and can legally get married + movements like #metoo gave women a widespread voice which was nonexistent in the past. opening up about mental illnesses is encouraged in todays society whereas it was highly taboo and bottled up in the past. more and more people are becoming critical of the downsides of capitalism these days as well.

racism is still an issue but compared to the 80s/90s it HAS gotten better. the government isn't funnelling crack to black neighborhoods, residential schools dont exist, apartheid doesnt exist, and minorities are much more represented in media + society. financially, black people in america are much better off than they were 25 years ago. no, racism hasn't and probably never will be completely abolished but people acting like ZERO progress has been made are goofs. having a defeatist attitude that things will never change, even if true, accomplishes literally nothing.

Dispensing with capitalism would be very naive. Classic "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" scenario.

Free markets are extremely efficient at bringing about progress when the value and price of something coincide. That's because of the competitive hierarchies they create. Just look at how technology exploded in the last 50 years or so.

Isn't it better to fix problems with it and create some kind of hybrid system, than to throw the whole thing away?

dont necessarily think we should "dispense with capitalism", i was mostly just responding to that guy who thought wealth redistribution = tech revolution.

for the sake of discussion though, i dont think that free markets are ideal for radical tech advancements. they're solid for coming up with the latest soda variant or whatever, less so for goods with speculative/unclear economic benefits.

see: space travel, the internet, etc.

now, looks like we reached a point where companies/individuals have the wealth and know-how to force these advancements with or w/o consumer demand (spaceX and neuralink are good examples). whether that's good or bad is up to you.

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Only thing progressing is the population numbers. Not the issues at hand

Eh I say we’re progressing it’s just not on a fast route

Lil b age of information

progress doesen't mean whole world gotta ressemble a sci fi movie

Most communists nowdays don't even read no marx

humans will never progress

The decline of religion is proof of human progression, enlightenment and self-awareness

we've replaced religious fanaticism with other kinds

Damn, I remember I used to draw that boxed question mark on the walls in middle school after I saw this video

The task force slowing dying with the new generation

human brain takes time to evolve cause what if we evolve in the wrong direction and take a step back at one point? As individuals we're still catching up to things we started doing 100 000 years ago like drinking alcohol