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In capitalism everything is a function of scarcity. I wonder how long we are going to keep up that particular charade.
by whatnow37373 1y ago
In capitalism everything is a function of scarcity. I wonder how long we are going to keep up that particular charade.
- latency-guy2 1y agoDidn't know other economic systems beat the fundamental nature of physics and reality where infinite isn't simply a concept. Are you sure you're considering a "charade" in the right direction?
- whatnow37373 1y agoThat’s strange, because capitalism is the one that thinks infinity is real. Also it’s trying to break nature, quite literally given the state of our climate. There are other ways to cooperate that don’t depend on sociopathy and infighting.
- latency-guy2 1y ago> That’s strange, because capitalism is the one that thinks infinity is real. Your rhetoric doesn't pass. You contradict yourself in a single turn. Can't cite "scarcity" and "infinity" powers this fictional economic system you thought of as "capitalism".
- whatnow37373 1y agoYou miss the point. It’s not I don’t believe in scarcity or the second law of thermodynamics, it’s that I critique capitalism’s handing of it that is by its very nature exploitative, short-sighted and unsustainable. It needs various and extensive guardrails to be functional at all otherwise it would have destroyed us already. It’s the classic “capitalism is built on scarcity but behaves as if infinite growth is possible”-critique. There are interesting responses to that but “it’s contradictory” ain’t one of them.
- meepmorp 1y ago> I wonder how long we are going to keep up that particular charade about as long as the real world continues to have finite resources and people have differing ideas about what to do with them
- whatnow37373 1y agoCapitalism is just one solution to that problem and I’m not convinced it’s the best one.