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>capital has become such an important gatekeeper in society in the first place because most people aren’t that trustworthy Not really. It became that way becau
by pydry 1y ago
>capital has become such an important gatekeeper in society in the first place because most people aren’t that trustworthy
Not really. It became that way because wealth begets power.
The narrative it tells us is that we should be terrified to change this because nobody else except the owners of capital can be trusted as stewards of our economy and political system (particularly not "government").
- MichaelZuo 1y agoIt certainly seems functional more than narrative… a long papertrail is physically costly to fake.
- pydry 1y agoTry comparing Chinese and western industrial capacities. Ours is a joke compared to theirs and we started off richer. The primary difference is that their government allocates capital. Wasteful, indeed.