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Then it just means we are too lazy to care about anything other than profit. Subsequently we suffer for it.
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
Then it just means we are too lazy to care about anything other than profit. Subsequently we suffer for it.
- falcolas 6y agoAmerica largely identifies itself as a capitalist country. Our defeat of "communism" and its replacement with "capitalism" is something America is still quite proud of - even here on HN. Relevant to this problem (walkable cities and the motivations to or not to create them), capitalism and profit as a motivation for everything go pretty much hand-in-hand.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoCapitalism means the private ownership of capital, not the blind worship of profits.
- falcolas 6y agoWell, if I borrow from Wikipedia (and the definition is heavily attributed), it's more the private ownership of the means of production, and the operation of that means for profit. Blind worship, no. But profit is definitely bundled into the concept of capitalism. And corporations throughout America are definitely leaning into the "profit at any cost" and "shareholder value at any cost" mantras. EDIT: Disliking something doesn't make it go away, folks.