Any ideal stretched to ‘black and white’ is going to go badly, just differing on what startegies the ‘winners’ must employ to game the system.
To the ‘infinite growth’, that’s actually possible, because we define ‘growth’ with this currency abstraction and with a whiff of inflation, the numbers can grow without end, satisfiying the “must do better than last year” itch while being able to stay level or even ertract in practical terms.
Capitalism demands greed and infinite growth in a finite and resource-limited world. It’s inherently contradictory, regardless of your ethics.
They’re all just finely tuned creations from whoever is in charge. They can be all of those things, or none of them.
In the end, it’s been oligarchs everywhere, so far.
Man is it refreshing to read some good takes on this. Spot on rumba.
Any ideal stretched to ‘black and white’ is going to go badly, just differing on what startegies the ‘winners’ must employ to game the system.
To the ‘infinite growth’, that’s actually possible, because we define ‘growth’ with this currency abstraction and with a whiff of inflation, the numbers can grow without end, satisfiying the “must do better than last year” itch while being able to stay level or even ertract in practical terms.