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At scale, capitalist economies with democratic representative governments still seem like the most effective way to organize people working together.

• kennywinker 5y ago
  “At scale”. Name an example of a failed alternative, and i’ll show you a country where the CIA plotted coupes and waged economic warfare against them. We’re like an abused spouse - we keep hearing “i’m the only one who’ll love you” from our abuser while they cut us off from our friends and family.
  • dumbfoundded 5y ago
    I sometimes think we deserve capitalism. Capitalism is the best solution when you assume people are selfish, immoral, and all-around kind of evil. It's a system to incentive people to work together despite our awful nature. I certainly don't think it's the best system imaginable given different assumptions or conditions. I hope as the basic needs of more and more people are met, we will be able to come together. I think most evils in the world can be explained by desperation caused by scarcity but some certainly can't. I'm not sure if we deserve a better system, at least not yet.
    • kennywinker 5y ago
      The collective generational trauma of about two centuries of industrialized capitalism means we don’t actually know what people are like in a system that doesn’t beat the kindness out of us every chance it gets. I suspect, a lot nicer - but not right away, it’d probably take a few generations to shake off the damage being done right now. I don’t think it makes sense to ask if “we” deserve it. If it can be better, then it should be better.