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What do you think capitalism means? You say nobody likes it, but also that it's what creates all the wealth we have... How are those two ideas compatible?
by kuratkull 4y ago
What do you think capitalism means? You say nobody likes it, but also that it's what creates all the wealth we have... How are those two ideas compatible?
- roenxi 4y agoThe people with the capital get to make decisions based on owning capital. > You say nobody likes it, but also that it's what creates all the wealth we have... How are those two ideas compatible? Why would they be incompatible? "nobody" is exaggerating but look at the protests against the 1%, general criticism of the existence of billionaires general efforts to move decision making from capitalists to government agencies (include trends in tax policy and government spending) and background complaints about how society is too materialist. Entire governments started out by killing all the capitalists they could find (China & Russia spring to mind, I doubt they are alone). In any major industry you'll find people mounting active campaigns to try and neuter the capitalists - even sometimes in food where I'd think by now people should have learned the lesson that the alternatives don't work. You don't have to go very far to find someone who objects to the idea of making any given decision based on who has the most money. People by and large seem to find the whole idea distasteful. In my opinion rather similar to how they dislike the idea that burning energy to prove wealth.