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Greed is just the byproduct of uncapped capitalism. Disincentivise the pursuit of constant growth, and the world would be a lot less evil.
by addandsubtract 5y ago
Greed is just the byproduct of uncapped capitalism. Disincentivise the pursuit of constant growth, and the world would be a lot less evil.
- rosndo 5y ago> Disincentivise the pursuit of constant growth, and the world would be a lot less evil. Not only that, but perhaps the world would be a lot less.
- seti0Cha 5y agoYou're going to have to do some work to establish that. It's pretty clear from the historical record and from ancient literature that greed predates capitalism by millennia. You could argue that capitalism makes it worse, but I don't see much evidence of that in history.
- panick21_ 5y ago> Greed is just the byproduct of uncapped capitalism No its a byproduct of human beings. > Disincentivise the pursuit of constant growth, and the world would be a lot less evil. Or actually it would be much worse.