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> Yes that's my point. You can't just say production is a better use of resources than consumption, because people need to consume. Exactly. We'll put a cost o
by crankylinuxuser 9y ago
> Yes that's my point. You can't just say production is a better use of resources than consumption, because people need to consume.
Exactly. We'll put a cost on how much it is to live per day, and if you fail to exceed that, capitalism will slowly kill you.
And for a great many people, it does.
It kills by pollution in communities that don't have enough to fight the corporations.
It kills by depriving basic health care.
It kills by malnutrition.
It kills by subsidization of refined carbohydrates and sugars.
It slowly kills by locking people in jobs in which the upkeep for their bodies is higher than what they make.
It further injures the future generations by depriving education to those in impoverished areas.
"But hey, we made a killing on the markets. And stock prices went up for the next quarter. And those low wagers we employ, well, ehh, turnover's a thing. It's just another externalization we don't have to care about!"
- aninhumer 9y agoAnd of course, people will ignore most of these deaths when comparing capitalism to the alternatives, because the responsibility is distributed, and can often be placed on individuals.