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Capitalism would be great, if it wasn't for those damned capitalists.
by icebraining 8y ago
Capitalism would be great, if it wasn't for those damned capitalists.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIt's exactly like that. To overextend the usual analogy of capitalism as the ICE of innovation - gasoline itself is toxic, volatile and dangerous. By its nature, it just wants to violently oxidize. Its true value for humanity is only realized under extremely controlled conditions - those of an ICE, where correct amounts are injected and burned off with appropriate cadence. Deviance from those conditions causes issues ranging from annoyance to fiery death. Capitalists are like gasoline.
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- pjc50 8y agoI like this summary, as it captures how much it's an overloaded term that lumps all sorts of things good and bad together.