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Hate to break it to you, but people are going to be greedy and selfish with or without capitalism.

• worik 3y ago
  > ...people are going to be greedy and selfish with or without capitalism. True. But in capitalism greed is a fetish
  • senectus1 3y ago
    not a fetish, but rewarding. Survival of the fittest and the most powerful.
  • brink 3y ago
    It's a double-edged sword. On one edge there's the risk of greed, but it's also unparalleled in incentivizing and rewarding ambition.
    • jprete 3y ago
      Ambition is not necessarily a positive trait.
      • oblio 3y ago
        No, but many things have been invented a lot sooner due to it, than would have been invented otherwise. Completely laid back cultures advance very slowly.