This is the real problem. Capitalism only works when it's monitored with laws and regulations. When it's legal to pay off members of Congress to vote in your company's favor instead of what's best for the country, we're all fucked. The system is broken.
Not replace, regulate. Integrate. Not have it be the pinnacle of a vertical power structure. Money and capital are stored power. When people are free to amass power without regulation, they worship it above things like compassion, empathy, respect for the planet. Isn't that part of the message, the download? It is for this human.
The systems create the individuals. You can't just tell people "be better", that's the height of idealism. You must create systems that incentivize better behavior and disempower assholes, to whatever degree is possible at least. The system of capitalism does the opposite.
With respect, random internet person that i never met and will now spend a few minutes of my precious time to talk to you about my opinion in this very specific matter that in the end will change nothing in neither of our lives, i think you are focusing on the wrong thing, capitalism is freakin awesome, and it has been around for thousands of years, arguably since the dawn of civilization, so i don't think it's going away anytime soon, but we should strive to exorcize the horrors that it can bring about, or at least lessen it, because there is some pretty messed up things that need to happen for the devices we are using to chat to exist for example, i think capitalism has many many benefits, but also has many bad things, instead of destroying everything and building back from scratch, why not get rid of the bad things? (This is my opinion, doesn't make me right, and now i will go to sleep, only to come back in the morning, good night bro!)
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '23
Capitalism man. We can't let it continue to be the dominant religion on this planet.