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Capitalism is designed to get people to work their fair share. It's Democracy that supposed to prevent starving people. (And crime, and that people are educate
by jay_kyburz 4y ago
Capitalism is designed to get people to work their fair share.
It's Democracy that supposed to prevent starving people. (And crime, and that people are educated, and healthy)
- sophacles 4y agoCapitalism is designed so that a relatively few leeches can skim value off the work of others.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoCapitalism is designed to allow the ownership class to exploit the labor of the masses.
- ChadNauseam 4y agoCapitalism is designed to get people who want each other's stuff to trade with each other
- melenaboija 4y agoCapitalism is designed that you better have luck the day you are born
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoCapitalism is designed to increase the ceiling of the human experience. It is also designed to let people fall to the floor of the human experience. Specifically, if there is a human that cannot participate in capitalism (strong enough, focused enough, educated enough, lucky enough, conforming enough), then capitalism pushes those people to the floor of the human existence.
- jay_kyburz 4y agoI don't know how I find my self in the position of defending capitalism, it seems very not me, I've chosen a low paying career that provides me with a lot of creative control and free time. I guess I can imagine what life would be like for myself if I didn't have to work, or if there was not a direct correlation between the work I did and the things I can have. I wouldn't work if I didn't have to. Do I think we could be more generous in caring for those less fortunate than ourselves. Yes, because common sense suggests I too might be down on my luck one day. Do I think we should should outlaw rent seeking in our society? Yes. Fuck Landlords. The earth belongs to everybody. Nobody should own land. But don't get angry at Capitalism, get angry that our Democracies are not set up to give each voice equal power. Get angry that rich people can buy votes. Get angry that rich people can use their money to manipulate the media influence people. Our democracies are too big and too removed from our day to day lives.
- pessimizer 4y agoCapitalism is barely designed, it's a constantly improvised justification for predatory behavior.