• m13@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There is no utopian version as long as we maintain the capitalist system. How long do you think “regulations” can stand against the profit incentive of every conceivable greedy ghoul out there?

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        7 months ago

        Yes, literally.

        Without capitalism we would be free to build any cool technology we desire, with the only motivation being the benefit of humanity and improvement of our daily lives.

        Capitalism is a wasteful and nonsensical system that will only guarantee the enslavement and annihilation of human life.

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          7 months ago

          I agree 100%. It wouldn’t be easy though. Humans are inherently selfish and greedy. I believe a large minority are borderline sociopathic as well, whether its inherited or learned idk. We need a system that really punishes and limits sociopathic behavior.

          Unfortunately but accurately, capitalism rewards sociopathic behavior exponentially, to the point where you have to at least act sociopathic in your decision making to have a very large scale successful business, or at least never/rarely make altruistic decisions. Otherwise, you’ll be priced out by competition that does make the more sociopathic decisions (lower pay for workers, dangerous work environments, whatever to cut costs, etc.).

          I dont know how we fix this, but it’s certainly time for capitalism to die or be reigned in significantly.

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            7 months ago

            It’s an unfortunately common misconception that humans are inherently selfish and greedy.

            Like you stated Capitalism rewards sociopathic behaviour.

            Humans learn and adapt to the systems they live under.

            Selfishness and greed is enforced under the capitalist system.

            You should check our Peter Kropotkin’s ‘Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution’ for an alternate take which sounds like you’re already on board with.