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> I’d say any form of life out there would have to go through some form of capitalism This is anthropomorphizing at its best because we humans have largely dec
by lgl 4y ago
> I’d say any form of life out there would have to go through some form of capitalism
This is anthropomorphizing at its best because we humans have largely decided that capitalist is the best "*ism".
Alien intelligence could have basically unimaginable governments, societal norms, morals and/or motivations.
> (...) then why another intelligent form of life hasn’t developed here on earth other than human species?
The answer here is probably just evolution. Other intelligent species have developed on Earth thorough its history (e.g.: Neanderthals, Denisovans). They're not here anymore because we (Homo-Sapiens) killed them.
- intrasight 4y agoCapitalism is the apogee of survival of the fittest which is the basis of evolution which, lacking plausible alternate routes, can be argued to be the basis of all life everywhere. So I accept the posts premise that "some form of capitalism" is required. Great apes have capitalism.
- andrekandre 4y ago> Great apes have capitalism. in what way?
- intrasight 4y agoControl of the "means of production". For grate apes, that would mean control of access to a fig tree.
- lnxg33k1 4y agoDo you really think that capitalism is the apogee of survival of the fittest? I am not sure, I personally don’t think that survival of the fittest is something to look out for, but I think that capitalism awards mental issues like greed, psychopaths, or people with good intelligence but poor genetics? I think as a system it rewards what is useful for the system but not necessarily only the fittest and also think that probably our species not focusing on the fittest has made us make a lot of advancements in fields like medicine
- intrasight 4y agoAdvances in medicine are almost all driven by capitalism and thus survival of the fittest.
- lgl 4y agoCapitalism is definitely not the apogee of survival of the fittest from the "evolution theory" side of things, only in the "society we created for ourselves" side. Extrapolating from our current understanding of civilization and assuming that it will still be capitalism that rules a 1 million year old civilization is not (imho) a valid assumption. Even now, a mere fraction of that time, we're already kind of predicting a time where, if not for some type of semi-utopian Star Trek'ian society with stuff like basic income, the future of many many jobs (if we agree that jobs/labor are at the core of a capitalistic society) are already at risk with automation and AI.
- lnxg33k1 4y agoI think I understood your message and I agree with you, was also thinking the same thing if the premise of me understanding the message is true, we’re losing a lot of value to the society due to capitalism, in terms of philosophers, thinkers, artists and such?
- intrasight 4y agoThe overall wealth of society make possible the pursuits of philosophers, thinkers, artists and such.