• Bipta
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    112 years ago

    Capitalism is surely partly to blame but it’s laughable to identify it as the sole cause.

    • @kttnpunk@lemmy.world
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      332 years ago

      I’ll never understand statements like these. Capitalism is the #1 reason there’s a profit incentive for any given thing to be horrible.

      • @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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        I don’t know where you people get this concept. Humans are the issue, not capitalism. There’s literally no functioning system of trade without capitalism. It’s just human nature. We are greedy and we want more than others so that we feel secure in our own future. It’s not fucking rocket scientist, and it’s not fucking capitalism.

        Do you really Envision a world where everyone works equally and gets paid equally and nobody makes extra profit but somehow people are happy? That doesn’t sound like any of the humans I’ve ever known, even the nice ones. You need to be a little bit more realistic and get your childish ass out of the playground.

        We couldn’t even get people to wear masks to not kill each other and you’re over here holding your breath for agapelandia lmao

      • @El_Rocha@lm.put.tf
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        102 years ago

        So it was because of capitalism that the communist revolution killed millions of people around the world.

        Uh, the more you know…

        • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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          102 years ago

          I think people define capitalism vastly differently. To some capitalism is simply the ability to trade goods for personal profit, which exists in almost every society. To others its the dictionary definition of an economic and political system.

          • @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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            32 years ago

            That’s unfair, you made a valid point, but I’m going to make this goalposts flexible for others

            You, just now

            • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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              92 years ago

              What? I don’t even have a stake in this debate. I am just pointing out how often I notice that two people seem to be discussing entirely different ideas.

      • @SCB@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        Workers owning a company would also have a profit incentive because the workers would like to make more money.

        • R0cket_M00se
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          32 years ago

          Workers owning their own company would incentivize creating stable growth, since the workers aren’t going to willfully destroy the company they all have a stake in.

          Whereas now we have unstable growth because the C suites, executives and shareholders milk companies dry and then toss them. They have no concerns about whether the bottom rung guys are sustainable.

          • @SCB@lemmy.world
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            22 years ago

            You’re going to need to define “stable” and “unstable” growth here.

    • Eggyhead
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      62 years ago

      Frankly it’s laughable to assert there is a sole cause in the first place when there’s a myriad of different people here with a myriad of their own personal factors at play.