3 ms·

Capitalism. We should call it out loud and clear where ever we see it. Don't buy from for-profit entities, or soon there will be no non-for-profit entities.

• K0balt 2y ago
  If capitalism means manipulating people to make choices that are against their own best interests or eliminating other choices that have better utility, then I’m on board. But really, capitalism properly managed shouldn’t be about figuring how to profit by making things worse, it should be about profiting by solving problems. When a business profits by creating problems rather than solving them, it is a parasite on society. Such businesses are effectively criminal enterprises, and should not be allowed to exist.
  • rakoo 2y ago
    The whole point of capitalism is for a minority with the means to profit off of the majority without the means. It doesn't care about the quality of products as long sa they make money. Since owning all the means of production means owning the power, capitalism will never self-regulate: it doesn't have the interest of the majority in mind "Capitalism properly managed" isn't capitalism anymore, so if that's what we want (and I agree with you) then let's use proper terminology. Workers-owned coops, democratically-chosen regulations, communities governed by and building for themselves,federating between each other, the stuff