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There is no market. No corporations, no governments, nothing. It's just people. The uncomfortable truth is that as humans, we don't really care if a few of us
by maratd 11y ago
There is no market. No corporations, no governments, nothing. It's just people.
The uncomfortable truth is that as humans, we don't really care if a few of us die off as long as we don't know them and they're not in our vicinity. Which is why markets, governments, corporations, etc. act the way they do.
Sure, if you ask a person, they'll weave a heartfelt story, etc. but the truth is in what they do, not in what they say ... and the majority of us do nothing or worse.
- FeepingCreature 11y agoThere is no people. No dreams, no hope, no love. It's just cells.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago> Sure, if you ask a person, they'll weave a heartfelt story, etc. but the truth is in what they do, not in what they say ... and the majority of us do nothing or worse. I'd say conclusion is the opposite - there's little "free will", people generally are slaves to the incentive structures they live in. People follow incentives so predictably that at scale there's little sense in talking about individuals - it's exactly corporations, governments and markets. Behaviour of system as a whole dominates over behaviour of individual components.
- k__ 11y agoThe theory about capitalism-critique has stopped to blame people for these problems long time ago. It's about the systems and how they force people to do things they normally wouldn't do.