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> That said, it seems to check out. Everything we do, every technological step forward, is always inevitably configured within the frame of a capitalistic belie
by eru 1y ago
> That said, it seems to check out. Everything we do, every technological step forward, is always inevitably configured within the frame of a capitalistic belief system, with the myth of growth locked in place as its central device.
The communists in the Soviet Union and mainland China also did some science. We also have plenty of folks in research today who are less than favourably disposed to capitalism (and growth).
> Do we have references for how correct these type of predictions were in the past about similar claims?
They have always been wrong since before Malthus.
You might like https://fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/15-10-015.pdf https://fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/...
- camillomiller 1y agoEvery time I make a comment that contains the word "capitalism" in a critical way it goes down inevitably bad on Hacker News. There is inevitably a splitting-like reaction, as if the only way to talk about this is "Capitalism good/bad" and therefore "socialism/communism good/bad". I am NOT anti-capitalistic per se, but I am certainly critical of any view that takes capitalism (any form of it, even the best ones like the Scandinavian versions) and unbridled growth as an unshakable tenet of our present and our future. In other words, I am luckily not at a Mark Fisher stage. Thanks for the link.
- eru 1y ago> Every time I make a comment that contains the word "capitalism" in a critical way it goes down inevitably bad on Hacker News. Huh? I defended communism as also producing some science. (There was also quite a bit of science in pre-capitalist societies.) Sorry, I don't know who Mark Fisher is nor what stage he acted on. > Thanks for the link. I hope you enjoy the read as much as I did.