Crossposted from https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/61714126
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mop/p/588942/capitalism-is-human-nature
Yeah man, we really generated a lot of waste during that last hunt. Productivity is falling, profits are nowhere to be seen. And the shareholders? They don’t even exist yet, but we still have a fiduciary responsibility to bring next months hunt into the black. We are so proud of our team members!
I have never hated a comment so much but yet smashed that up arrow so hard
Their yearly pizza breaks were really sad too.
We have to throw away half of the last hunt or else we’ll depress prices!
Fuck I knew that might happen. Let’s cut the workforce by 50% to make our Q2 numbers look stellar. Don’t worry, we’ll hire a bunch of college grads as contractors, and pay them peanuts, since money doesn’t exist yet. Since they are not actually employees, we don’t have to provide any benefits!
I had dreams of becoming a physicist because I was inspired early in life to learn about the world and add to human knowledge. I absorbed all I could about the universe and how everything works, I even got as far as placing into advanced classes in a local college, which I was getting 100% scores on… and like with nearly everything else I pursued in life, I had to quit because I had to pay for food and shelter in a crashing economy and lack of opportunities.
I don’t remember a thing that I had learned, I still listen to science documentaries to fall asleep to. I have cycled through the corporate world several times over, lost everything, started over. Nothing gained, I am basically back to start, struggling for even less pay with fewer assets and absolutely no hope of continuing higher education.
I do think about how far I could have taken my ideas I had when I was younger, and what I could have added to our world if I were lucky enough to have been born into a life of generational wealth or been willing to compromise my morals to get ahead.
I knew a woman wants who thought, completely seriously, that there were no businesses before capitalism. Like you couldn’t sell stuff. No Merchants I guess. I don’t even understand how she thought the world worked for thousands and thousands of years.
Aliens brought them capitalism. It’s why they invented the wheel.
(Shhh if republicans hear some illegal alien brought capitalism we will all have to become feudalists)
Yea, who needs dumb things like “visible progress within my lifetime”? It barely took 40000 years to go from stone to bronze, that should be good enough for anyone!
Those who control the resources - the owners - have always been in command.
Sounds profound, but hunter gatherers disagree, nonetheless.
What is “capitalism doesn’t exist yet” even supposed to mean?
It‘s english.
Ah yes, I forgot John Capitalism invented it in 1852
Capitalism was invented in response to mercantilism.
Yes, at 3:53 on September 23rd, 1852 by John Capitalism and the Money Boyz
Will pass like Williams Monarchy‘s crappy device.
How many times have capitalists literally poisoned the entire world? Lead, PFAS, Plastic… Not to mention global warming.
I think this is pretty accurate in a non-ironic way.
Shitting on something without there being a better option to suggest is nothing more than just complaining so that people get to see you’re complaining.
And before you suggest your socialisms, go ahead and ask Bulgaria how that worked out for them. And communism? LMAO!
There is no alternative to capitalism (which has only really been the dominant economic model for a few hundred years at most) and if you dare suggest alternatives I’ll just dismiss them out of hand using propaganda I have burned into my skull and act like it refutes every argument you could possibly make.
- You
How’s capitalism working out for the US right now, btw? Guess it depends who you ask, and if you ask the billionaires it’s doing great. Yay!
Leave it up to a typical lemmy user to entirely misrepresent someone’s point, only so that they can tear it down and feel superior.
I said nothing even close to what you are falsely suggesting that I did- and I’d bet you anything I possess that you couldn’t even find an actual pro-capitalism stance in ANY of my interactions there on lemmy.
I swear, if straw man arguments weren’t allowed here, none of you would have anything to say.
I simply said that communism and socialism are also flawed, therefore there’s not a lot of motivation to change it. Also, many of you seem to not understand the absolute HELL that comes with swapping out a system of government and socio-economic ideology.
This shit was taught in high school.
- Take note how I managed to make an entire comment within putting foolish words in your mouth so I could have something to say.
Now YOU try it.
If you want an alternative, try Market Socialism. All the benefits of a market economy without the capitalist exploitation. Equating socialism with Soviet style command economies is a smooth-brained take.
Try as you might, America is. It going to become like china.
I was wondering the intellectual level of the person who posted that. Now I wonder no more.
Your use of ad hominem says far more about you than it does me. It shows the you have no argument, so instead- you resort to:
“Oh yeah? Well you’re dumb!”
You lost your chance to make a point. I am blocking you now as I see no reason that future discussions without would be any different.
Man, you are a rude dude.
Sure looks this way more each day.
