No, the capitalists can’t consume the surplus product. This has been considered and it has been proved not to work (eg by Luxemburg). The reason is, that capitalists are in competition with each other and are thus forced to invest in constant capital (machines etc) expanding circulation and making the problem worse. Capitalists who only consume the surplus are outcompeted and cease to be capitalists.

One of them just needs to find a product that is so good it makes their fellow capitalists forget about their desire for capital.

In all seriousness, I appreciate the thoughtful response. You might be on to something about the use of war to eliminate overproduction.

Easy solution: just make products for owners of other such companies

the only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they’re gonna live.

Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War

So far the only papers that I’ve seen cover this unequivocally are foreign ones

There is a reality show where retired law enforcement officers try to hunt you down and if you stay hidden for a month you win $250,000. Very informative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunted_(American_TV_series)

Instead of self-hosting, I have a device that can hold a large amount of sideloaded material and sync between my PC and device with syncthing. Boox devices work well for this.

I have less of an issue with individual communities banning certain links, I think an instance-wide ban on anything due to ideology is annoying. I can figure out that Nazis suck on my own, thank you.

That kind of things is part of the reason I came to Lemmy.

Are there other sites to which links are banned? I don’t really like that policy for anything no matter how nefarious. Unless it’s malware or a liability and going to land the visitor in prison.

Oh cool, I didn’t realize they added that. I tried Mastadon a while ago and couldn’t find anything interesting. I don’t use any micro blogging apps.

I’m pretty sure Bluesky has hashtags. Subscribing to a hashtag and muting someone temporarily is nice. I think the main feature Mastadon is missing is discovery algorithms. Most people use that heavily on social media, whether they admit they value it or not.

What features?

It has more features, and most people don’t know why Mastadon might be better. The average person doesn’t even know what a server is.

That would help

IMO the only way around this problem in the USA is to either (A) get a third party to the point of legitimacy where people will take them seriously be winning seats in the house and senate, and eventually running for the presidency, or (B) win a primary in one of the two major parties. By election day there is nothing to do but vote for the least worst option.

Ironic

Good point, fixed

Exactly. And they will be highly educated and bring new ideas to the revolution.

I have successfully plugged my android into an Ethernet-usbc adapter, yes. A special Ethernet icon actually pops up in my icon bar when it’s using that connection.

On c/memes?