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> where is the proof that it won't hurt long term productivity, By that measure couldn’t we say the Capitalism pilot program has failed? Sure productivity is
by throwaway_kufu 6y ago
> where is the proof that it won't hurt long term productivity,
By that measure couldn’t we say the Capitalism pilot program has failed? Sure productivity is ever increasing and business productivity per employee is at historic highs...but all that productivity has only resulted in a larger wealth gap with all the benefits going to the investor class and net negative to workers whose real wages have been stagnant for decades?
- jpxw 6y agoCapitalism has lifted billions of people out of poverty.
- garmaine 6y agoLol, no. Just no. The capitalism experiment is everything that has happened from the industrial revolution (really, earlier) forward. Compare with the 19th, 18th, or 17th century, and you’ll find today’s wealth gap is smaller, people live more prosperous lives, happiness indices improved, etc. Not to mention the literally billions of lives that wouldn’t otherwise exist at all.
- throwaway_kufu 6y agoThe old billions wouldn’t even be alive but for capitalism. Well if capitalism is responsible for all the good it must be responsible for all the bad, like industrial warfare like WWI and WWII.
- garmaine 6y agoBecause war didn’t exist before capitalism /s Per-capita violence has been in steady decline for this time period.
- throwaway_kufu 6y agoBecause people weren’t born before capitalism? “Per captia” violence? That is a hell of a qualifier you need.
- garmaine 6y agoIt’s not a qualifier, it’s the only way to measure which makes sense.