> The issue I find with capitalism is that it attempts to swallow all other systems. Don't mean to be "that guy", but that's also pretty common with most autom

> The issue I find with capitalism is that it attempts to swallow all other systems. Don't mean to be "that guy", but that's also pretty common with most automata, including living organisms. Run the code till the wheels fall off, and then either find a different thing to consume, or adapt to the new situation, or die. > It's like capitalism is an unconscious dogmatism that everyone participates in because... Because it's the current dominant paradigm. Back in the day, the dominant paradigm was pharaohs ruling the realm from giant stone palaces, and armies of slaves raising monuments for the glory of the god-emperor. Everyone participated in it, like it or not, because there was no real choice. Same now. You could play within the system, or you could go off dancing with wolves. Or you could try to change it, but that in reality is orders of magnitude harder than it seems - unless you happen to be the unwitting or semi-witting agent of the great currents of history.