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So perhaps one could say that human nature isn't compatible with such massive scale? Over here in capitalist paradise, it sure sucks for most people
by metalliqaz 2y ago
So perhaps one could say that human nature isn't compatible with such massive scale? Over here in capitalist paradise, it sure sucks for most people
- mgobl 2y ago> Over here in capitalist paradise, it sure sucks for most people Pretty sure this reflexive, luxury belief is not borne out by the data. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extre...
- metalliqaz 2y agoThe people who have won the game in our current system love to point to this statistic, as if "extreme poverty" is the only thing that matters. Even if people have a roof of their own head and bread in their belly, they don't like living with anxiety about being able to pay off debt, or what would happen if they had an unexpected hospital stay. And above all, they don't like working so hard only for the value they produce to be sucked up and used to buy back stock for the benefit of billionaires.
- zmgsabst 2y agoCompared to what? I’d argue that the US is reverting to the average global experience precisely as its domestic market breaks down due to interventions — eg, destroying small businesses via regulation and mass importation of foreign labor.