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Why must nature be so anti-corporate? Guy just wants to drill a few wells.
by chasing 11y ago
Why must nature be so anti-corporate? Guy just wants to drill a few wells.
- nickthemagicman 11y agoNature is a socialist.
- johndevor 11y agoSocialism is terrible at managing natural resources.
- aNoob7000 11y agoUnbridled capitalism is terrible at managing pollution and damage to the environment. :)
- jrs235 11y agoCrony Capitalism is great at privatizing profits and socializing losses (particularly those to the environment).
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoCrony Capitalism is just regular capitalism.
- pyvpx 11y agoby definition it is not. just like communism isn't regular socialism. the world, collectively, could use much more political science education. the same could be said for nearly all bitcoin supporters (especially in the early days)
- Cshelton 11y agoNo matter what 'ism', greed is common among all of them, simply because it is a trait of human nature in many. And no known economic/social system ever tried has overcome greed...or some ruling power that kills everyone that is against them..I consider that to be a bit greedy...
- johndevor 11y agoNo, but capitalism works to reduce. The provider that can give you more for less always wins. The energy company that can produce more energy from a more efficient turbine wins. The cell phone company that makes your cell phone smaller (and with smaller packaging) wins. Socialism has brought us unbridled wars and crony capitalism. My argument is simply 1) capitalism is preferred and 2) socialism inevitably creates crony capitalism. Therefore, we should perhaps see what happens without the socialism part. The USA during the 19th century was thriving, at a time when socialist restrictions were nearly non-existent.
- ams6110 11y agoNature is really the ultimate capitalist. Survival of the fittest. No safety nets, no sympathy for the losers... they just go extinct.
- seanp2k2 11y agoAnd the species with the most money gets to opt-out of extinction? I don't follow.
- LordKano 11y agoPerhaps. It's likely that humanity would survive the kind of event that lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs. We have underground facilities and stores of food/water that would permit the species to survive an event that lead to the sun being blocked out for 5 years or so.
- palmer_eldritch 11y agoOnly the small part of humanity which has the most money would be allowed to survive though.
- LordKano 11y agoThe species survives even if only a small percentage of the individuals do. Sometimes, that's the best for which we can hope.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoCooperation evolved every bit as naturally as competition.
- sangnoir 11y agoIt's not that black and white. Ant colonies are ultimate socialist societies - communist even. From each ant according to its ability, to each according to its need