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“ Capitalism just values what people value. ” Capitalism values what capitalists value.
by spaetzleesser 4y ago
“ Capitalism just values what people value. ”
Capitalism values what capitalists value.
- mrchucklepants 4y agoIt doesn't matter what the "capitalists" value if they have no customers.
- happytoexplain 4y agoBut a person's values do not fully or directly translate through their consumer habits, and then through the actions of those higher up along the chain. There is a common fallacy that strong proponents of capitalism, especially free markets, believe in (or pretend to), which essentially goes: If you patronize x, you either condone all negative consequences of x's actions, or you're ignorant/hypocritical, and further, if it's the latter, the system should not or can not be changed to mitigate those consequences. But, every part of that is false by oversimplification.