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The fundamental relationship of capitalism, i.e. capital owner employing people to work for him and make him money, is quite toxic. No wonder it seeps into the
by badpun 1y ago
The fundamental relationship of capitalism, i.e. capital owner employing people to work for him and make him money, is quite toxic. No wonder it seeps into the workplace relationships.
- AndrewKemendo 1y agoThis is exactly right and people want to ignore the fact that unless you play the capitalism game, you basically die. There are no alternatives
- badpun 1y agoYep. Toxicity is just built in into foundations of our society and, like you said, at this point there are no alternatives.
- munksbeer 1y agoProbably built into the foundations of life.
- badpun 1y agoHunter-gatherer tribes have healthier dynamics than settled neolithic societies ( like ours).
- munksbeer 1y agoWhat does that mean, "healthier dynamics"? All life is a strife for resources. Strife is conflict.
- badpun 1y agoThe important question is where you draw the boundary line for the conflict. These groups are fighting together against the environment, whereas we are both fighting the environment and against each other (in capitalist system, everyone is competing with everyone else all the time). Hunter-gatherer tribes basically implement some form of socialism, with little to no private property and cooperation instead of competition.
- AndrewKemendo 1y agoAll true, however those groups cannot survive because colonialists will just genocide them and capitalists will raze their territory in order to build a mine or other infrastructure for capitalist consumption
- badpun 1y agoThat's true, however the question was "what are healthier dynamics (than our current society)", not "which dynamic wins out in the long run".
- AndrewKemendo 1y agoYou have to be alive to be healthy at all Sick is healthier than dead
- morgango 1y agoCapitalism is based largely on coercion. The overwhelming majority of people would not be doing what they do most of the time if their needs were already met.