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I don't understand what is interesting about it: it's the default. Markets don't run on altruism.
by lelanthran 4mo ago
I don't understand what is interesting about it: it's the default.
Markets don't run on altruism.
- FooBarWidget 4mo agoThe standard is applied very inconsistently. Nobody accuses the local bakery of being motivated by profit, and that they don't bake bread for you out of altruism.
- woctordho 4mo agoAnd humans don't run on markets.
- throw1234567891 4mo agoNeither on altruism.
- wqaatwt 4mo agoMostly they kind of do since we do live in an utopian society of unlimited abundance. Extremely few people can afford to (or want to) spend a very large number of working hours without ever getting anything directly in return for it.
- idiotsecant 4mo agoI think you made a typo of saying do instead of don't and totally reversed your argument