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Perhaps you are right, but this point is irrelevant. Capitalism incentivizes and rewards this behavior, so you can expect more of it. A democratic government ha
by runarberg 3y ago
Perhaps you are right, but this point is irrelevant. Capitalism incentivizes and rewards this behavior, so you can expect more of it. A democratic government has different incentives and are rewarded for an entirely different set of behaviors.
Capitalism may not change the behavior of a single individual. But does certainly put the greediest to the top of society, and in aggregate you see more greediness among those that have the power to change things.
- gruez 3y ago>Capitalism incentivizes and rewards this behavior, so you can expect more of it. A democratic government has different incentives and are rewarded for an entirely different set of behaviors. Wait but is Australia not a democratic government? cue the inevitable "but it's not true [democracy/communism/capitalism]!"
- runarberg 3y agoYes, Australia is a democratic government. I don’t understand where I’m claiming it isn’t. However the airline industry is not run by the Australian government, instead it is run by a for profit capitalist company (in this case the Qatar government), who’s intensive is to maximize the profit for their shareholder. The Austrialian government doesn’t even own the majority shares of the airline in question.