“Socialism, in its depraved but effective way, appeals to people’s worst instincts and impulses. It presents the world as a zero-sum game in which there are winners and losers. It pits groups of people against each other based on arbitrary measures. For the narrow-minded, it makes sense.

It embodies most of the seven deadly sins.

Pride: Socialists have zero humility because they reject the fallibility of humanity. They can micromanage an entire society. They can create a centralized, one-size-fits-all, command-and-control utopia. They know all and know best.

Envy: Taking one’s property because they have too much to give to others who have less is not noble; it is theft. Stealing with state-sanctioned approval is unjust. The sheer resentment that some have more, better, or bigger material possessions is the driving force of socialist ideology.

Wrath: Socialist doctrine fuels anger, rage, violence, and a desire for vengeance against the so-called oppressors. Instead of mimicking the successful, the people turn their ire toward them.

Sloth: Because socialism is about passing the buck and the blame, it excuses idleness and promotes laziness. It allows one to shirk personal duties and retards personal growth.”

I believe my previous post was removed for adding my Discord link. This is a repost without the link.

There is currently NO chapter for the DSA in West Virginia. I've been looking for socialists in the area who are interested in not only forming a DSA branch but an organizational framework we can use to embolden all adjacent causes. Our goal won't be to make WV purple, we're going to transform this state into what it deserves to be. A place for working class people to have job opportunities and comfort not afforded by our failed state.

Just look at any statistic you can think of and WV is at the very bottom, or at the very top in the worst ways. Our people are wise, hardworking, and loyal to the bone. We just need something real to believe in.

I haven't lost faith in my fellow West Virginians and if you're in the area I ask that you don't either.

JOIN THE CAUSE.

DM me for the Discord link.

Everyone talks about AI replacing jobs, but I think we’re missing a much bigger issue.
Right now, every major tech company is pouring hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure. Data centers, GPUs, memory chips, power generation, networking equipment the scale is unlike anything we’ve seen before.
As demand explodes, the cost of the underlying components rises. More capital gets directed toward AI. More energy gets directed toward AI. More manufacturing capacity gets directed toward AI.

But here’s the question:
What happens to consumers?

A healthy capitalist system depends on people buying things. Phones. Consoles. Cars. TVs. Games. Streaming subscriptions. Vacations. All the little luxuries that make modern life enjoyable.
If AI infrastructure becomes the dominant destination for capital and resources, consumer goods become more expensive. Companies pass costs along. Consumers get squeezed.
Eventually people stop upgrading their phones every year.
Then every three years.
Then every five.
Maybe they stop buying game consoles. Stop subscribing to extra services. Stop replacing perfectly functional products.
At some point the economy runs into a paradox:
The companies building AI need customers with money.
But AI itself is helping eliminate jobs while simultaneously increasing the cost of the technology ecosystem that consumers rely on.