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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Capitalism is a clever system. If you do something someone else will trade you for, you're doing well. It brilliantly incentivizes people to produce for other's consumption. There may be a better system, and I doubt I'll have the deep pleasure to see what it is.
All the bullshit that falls from it isn't necessarily a result of it so much as the same bullshit any system which aims to incentivize a whole people would deal with.
This thread is fun because it calls for people to come after capitalism and that's like asking people to come after God. People craft their lives around these things because they have a fluid chameleon like property to seemingly fit all sorts of needs. Capitalism doesn't fully encapsulate human tendency though it can seem to if you're not careful.
Capitalism is great, but not Great.
And others to produce for your consumption.
Overall I tend to agree. Don't treat things like God.
If I had to guess at a better system, it would be just a more refined capitalism. I mean, this system creates technological advancements unlike any other we can think of, and those tech advancements are what ultimately will be responsible for individual autonomy and communal equality
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