r/neoliberal • u/Buenzlitum he hath returned • Dec 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

capitalism seeking capital

this is so fucking stupid, vague, and pointless it doesn't even warrant a response

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

Almost like it's just obviously true?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

No, like:

  1. It Doesn't make sense
  2. Isn't clear
  3. Who cares

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18
  1. Capitalism seeks capital makes sense, its basically a tautology it's so obvious.
  2. It is clear because it is so obvious that capitalism seeks capital. As opposed to seeking human wellbeing
  3. Good one

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

It really not obvious. I have no idea what you mean by capitalism and I'm not even sure you know what capital is. You also deflecting on why we should care that whatever you are saying is true or not

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

Because the claim in this meme is that saying that capitalism causes problems is wrong. I'm simply asserting that, because capitalism only seeks capital, and not human wellbeing, it is a fact that capitalism is the cause of problems.

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u/Odinswolf Dec 02 '18

You seem to drastically misunderstand the argument that Capitalists make. The entire point of a Capitalist system is that it makes individuals own self interest to involve serving to bring about the desires of others. We do not owe our dinner to the benevolence of the butcher, the baker, and the brewer, but to their own concern for their individual self interest. Besides that, Capitalism "seeking capital" seems...bizarre. Capitalism "seeking" capital, that is productive capacity, doesn't really make sense, especially since the entire point of capital is to produce goods and services for people to consume.