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but is "capitalism at its best" the same as "humanity at its best" or even "humanity at its pretty goodest"? Does the average person without capital want capita
by cryptown 5y ago
but is "capitalism at its best" the same as "humanity at its best" or even "humanity at its pretty goodest"? Does the average person without capital want capital, or do they want... to live a happy, stress-free life? right now, obtaining capital is a way to achieve that _because_ capital is so unevenly distributed, but it's not the end game of humanity. caveat: I'm not an academic so I could be missing a very obvious piece of nuance in what "capitalism" means in the context of this discussion.
- screye 5y agoI grew up in country that spent 40 years ravaged by socialism, so capitalism certainly feels like an upgrade. We as a society, have yet to figure out how to work around human greed and a need for status. Capitalism offers transparent and relatively productive ways of pursuing them. I often talk about systems for persons and systems for people. Capitalism is a good system for people. Individual persons should find individual goals separate from the capitalistic system at large. If not capitalism, then what....is a common retort, but it makes sense. Capitalism is the current of the river. While it incentivizes you to row downstream, you are also free to row where you see fit. Albeit with varying levels of difficulty.