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By that logic, capitalism leads to a necessity of murdering your business rivals for the sake of realizing growth.
by lacampbell 7y ago
By that logic, capitalism leads to a necessity of murdering your business rivals for the sake of realizing growth.
- coliveira 7y agoCapitalism happens inside a framework of laws. There are strong laws against murdering your competitors, that's why this doesn't happen (nowadays). There is a whole set of unethical behaviors, however, that are commonly used for the goal of producing a profit.
- incompatible 7y agoThe laws are not generally part of capitalism, but imposed upon it to prevent various harmful activities. Pollution is an example: capitalism itself (the private ownership of the means of production) has no mechanism that could deal with it.
- lacampbell 7y agoIt absolutely has a mechanism - property damage the private ownership of the means of production Is there any reason you're using marxist terminology?
- incompatible 7y agoProperty damage is a consequence, not a method of prevention? The damage won't necessarily happen at the place of origination. I'm not sure why you say it's Marxist terminology. It's more or less what Wikipedia uses. Is there another definition that you'd prefer?
- owenmarshall 7y agoPollution is nothing more than a negative externality. People have measurably shorter lifespans due to coal emissions. We aren’t doing anything about that, so why do you think property will be treated any differently?
- lacampbell 7y agoWhat's your argument? You've so far told mecapitalism leads to terrible things happening in the name of growth unless there are laws against it, which there are, as 'capitalism exists inside a framework of laws'. Your own argument informs us that capitalism does not automatically mean environmental damage will occur.