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The state and its policy encourage free markets to be immoral because they fetishize "growth" as a metric. I'm not saying growth is bad, but morally speaking,
by throwawaymaths 4y ago
The state and its policy encourage free markets to be immoral because they fetishize "growth" as a metric. I'm not saying growth is bad, but morally speaking, it should be consisered at best neutral. A growth-agnostic capitalist system would be interesting.
- unethical_ban 4y agoAgreed. Our society should be measured in the happiness and health/living security of its citizens, and by technological advancement. The acquisition of wealth can be a means to that end, not the end itself.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoHow do you measure that? And how can I corrupt that measurement to make me more wealthy and powerful?
- unethical_ban 4y agoIt’s less straightforward to corrupt my idea than the obvious corruption of profit in todays market, I’ll give you that.