Perverse incentives exist in many socio-political systems, capitalism isn't unique in that regard. For example, the Soviet whaling industry [0] sounds almost li

Perverse incentives exist in many socio-political systems, capitalism isn't unique in that regard. For example, the Soviet whaling industry [0] sounds almost like the paperclip maximization AI [1]. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Soviet_Union_and_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Soviet_Union_an... 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paperclip_maximizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paper...