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That's what I've been saying for a long time. Some people say "it's just capitalism working as intended", but that's not exactly true. A lot of the mechanisms
by bighi 9y ago
That's what I've been saying for a long time. Some people say "it's just capitalism working as intended", but that's not exactly true.
A lot of the mechanisms of capitalism depend on competition. Capitalism without competition is no different from Communism or any other system in which one party rules supreme.
- vidarh 9y agoIncidentally Marx argument for why he believed a revolution would eventually become inevitable also depends entirely on competition: He argued that it is the ongoing effectivisation of capitalism through competition that will eventually trigger revolutions by making too many people unemployed and/or destitute.
- bluthru 9y agoThis is why I question the idea that large social networks should be able to remove whatever they want. It would be nice if there were consumer protection laws to help balance the scales a bit. For example, some of YouTube's censorship and demonetization seem pretty aggressive.