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If you genuinely enjoy something, then capitalism will do its best to extract more value from you doing that thing until you can barely stand to do it anymore.
by j_timberlake 2y ago
If you genuinely enjoy something, then capitalism will do its best to extract more value from you doing that thing until you can barely stand to do it anymore. Anything less is equivalent to leaving money on the table.
My favorite example is ads on NBA jerseys. Fans probably hate that shit, but as long as they keep watching, they're actively rewarding the capitalists who made that choice. IOW fans are not just complacent, they're actively part of the problem.
- fullshark 2y agoOr the sad pathetic state of the video game industry in 2024. Growth used to come from globalization / competition over market share, but now comes from eating consumer surplus. Find the players that enjoy your game the most, and make sure you bleed them dry.
- JohnFen 2y ago> leaving money on the table This one phrase summarizes everything that has gone wrong with capitalism, in my opinion. The notion that "leaving money on the table" is always a bad thing allows for most of the abuses companies inflict on people.