Episode 259: Blocked, Cancelled, Rebuked, and Denounced by Trillbilly Worker's Party published on 2022-07-27T21:44:41Z Support our investment fund: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty This week we tackle an age-old issue: what would it look like to buy capital stock in a human's life? Comment by Ander P The social credit thing in China is mostly misunderstood. It was largely created to prevent people from borrowing a bunch of money and then emigrating. Let me provide a site with some translations of Chinese law 2022-08-06T02:40:13Z Comment by Ander P I'll chime in, I don't think this 'metabolic' and constantly changing world is unique to capitalism. IMO it's a byproduct of the anthropocene era, and as a species will continue into a hypothetical socialist future. Presumably the decision making would be better but we'll still be terraforming. The selling shares of the self was the basis of an enjoyable sci-fi book called the "Unincorporated Man" by a conservative author. 2022-08-06T02:36:38Z Comment by T-bone of Newark OMFG 2022-08-01T21:30:18Z Comment by andy9279 call me edgy then 2022-07-31T11:23:15Z Comment by Jeffrey Milliman It would only be a matter of time before the Supreme Court came to the decision that people would have a fiduciary duty to their personal shareholders. 2022-07-29T04:55:57Z Comment by Brad Cramer Just wait until someone who "invests" in you, sues you for smoking weed when they have to take a loss on their "investment". 2022-07-28T17:40:43Z