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> But why is everything a competition? For all of human existence there has been competition for limited resources. Until all resource scarcity is eliminated c
by acedTrex 10mo ago
> But why is everything a competition?
For all of human existence there has been competition for limited resources. Until all resource scarcity is eliminated competition will remain in the natural world.
- shadowgovt 10mo agoThat's one theory. Counter theory: for all of human existence people have shared resources and traded among each other. Yes, for truly scarce resources trade breaks down. So is "good housing" a scarce resource on Stanford's campus? Or is their default resource allocation schema too anti-human so it's turning something that should be a simple trade and negotiation problem into a knife-fight?
- OGEnthusiast 10mo agoAmerica is rooted in capitalism, so the resource allocation schema of scarce goods (e.g. nice homes to raise families in) is indeed a knife-fight.
- hypeatei 10mo agoHow is capitalism to blame for local governments implementing various zoning and building code regulations that make it hard+expensive to build?
- AngryData 10mo agoBecause they have financial interests that benefit from making it hard and expensive to build. People who own property will lose property value if there is less scarcity. And government workers are hired specifically to extract money from permitting and inspections and application costs.
- AngryData 10mo ago90% of the world was once subsidence farmers and had very little to no competition.