Why would they need to be? Been working fine so far...

I truly believe the soviets of the pre-Stalin era had it right. They took an agrarian peasant economy with a literal monarchy and in 10 years were matching the production, education, and housing quality of the west, which took far longer to arrive there under mostly pure capitalism. Of course Stalin was a disaster.

Neoliberalism is AIDS yeah. I think that neoliberalism is actually an inevitable outcome of capitalism, I think in practice neolibs and socialists are the 2 most diametrically opposed ideologies in the US right now.

In short: by routing goods and services based on demonstrated need rather than by maximizing profit, you actually end up using far less resources and making sustainable production far easier. Check out Wage, Labor and Capital by Marx/Engels there’s a lot more info there.

What makes someone a shill in your opinion?

Yes, we are essentially controlled completely by corporations and the obscenely wealthy. However I remain skeptical that “pure” capitalism is a viable option given that capitalisms stated end goal is the extraction of value from resources until no more value can be extracted. That system will have disastrous consequences for our country and the world (and has).

Short answer: I don’t. China is a capitalist oligarchy masquerading as communist, but they are 100% still completely beholden to capital.

When you recognize the reality of modern capitalism, you too will realize that America does in fact censor people like me just the same as the Trump crowd.