We’ll regulated capitalism is unironically the greatest human innovation. I’m glad the world is not as brain dead as Lemmy on this.
And many physical health problems are also a direct result of capitalism
It might be because the moon is falling in 3 days.
Which… I guess is due to capitalism (Happy Mask Salesman peddling Majora’s Mask) or maybe the male loneliness epidemic (Skull Kid has no friends).
The investors that run all the shops in Hyrule have determined that they can use the male loneliness epidemic to redirect mens anger towards women, and then towards other minorities, so that they don’t start getting angry at the capitalists.
if it’s only “lately” then it can’t be capitalism
Regardless of whether we think capitalism is good or not, it’s gone into overdrive since the fall of the Soviet Union. And whether or not we recognize this as capitalism, it’s been failing hard since the bailouts started.
The economy we live in today is neither democratic nor competitive.
Surely the economic wellbeing of your average citizen can’t get worse over time and therefore be a “lately” thing. It’s not like food, housing, and healthcare are getting more expensive.
geologically lately.
It’s very convenient that the explanation for a complex series of problems is reducible to just ‘capitalism’. Isn’t it like saying WWI only started because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
Its literally the plot of the Good Place, there is no ethical and moral consumption under capitalism. We need a well regulated economy if we want the middle class to grow again, still not ethical but it would put food in my stomach.
Alright, here’s your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War?
Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between abolitionists and anti-abolitionists, economic factors, both domestic and international-
Hey, hey!
Yeah?
Just say slavery.
Slavery it is, sir.
The civil war has a clearly dominant causal factor that historians overwhelmingly agree upon. Modern socio economic issues don’t have that same level of single cause consensus. That’s why boiling everything down to ‘capitalism’ is overly reductive
This is how consensus starts
You sound like someone who’s on the winning side of capitalism and you can’t comprehend how capitalism is making most people suffer.
And you sound like someone who jumps to conclusions too quickly about people and you can’t comprehend someone not having a reductionist take on generalised human suffering.
I don’t think anyone here is denying people suffer from capitalism, i think they’re just saying capitalism is a factor rather than the only cause, similar to how the Archduke’s assassination was a factor among many in starting WW1.
He doesn’t have to be on the winning side as long as the capitalists (that own all the news media) can convince him that he is.
It feels really gaslighting/dismissive to read things like this. Why is it that people who talk about concepts like capitalism assume a bunch of information about you based on a complete lack of information? Is the idea the only reason I’m not anti capitalist must either be because a) I’m rich (extremely far from the truth), or b) I’m especially susceptible to propaganda? (Which would be weird… Otherwise why would I be using Lemmy in the first place when perhaps capitalism instead suggests I should be using Reddit).
My opinion: It kind of sucks to reduce people down like this lol. Am I insane for thinking this
What’s your opinion on NATO?
The main reason why Europe didn’t get invaded
Noice, upvotes earned
They appear to be focused on capitalist Russia
I don’t like to make assumptions, I wait for them to answer so I can judge their sincerity.
it looks kinda like you’re calling them a tankie
No, questions don’t call things.
Do you think you’re an intellectually dishonest person?
Does me seperating tankies from the rest of us upset you? Are you trying to make it easy for authoritarians to blend in?
Whats your opinion on NATO?
But of course you’re “just asking questions” and not accusing me of any of that.
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Loaded question. Your accusation was prompted by their criticism of capitalism, not because there was any evidence to suggest they’re a tankie.
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No, I just don’t like baseless accusations from the guy who concern trolls for capitalism in every thread.
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It’s defending the world from Russian aggression, despite both sides being capitalist. Not everyone who is upset by intellectual dishonesty is a tankie.
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americans need to learn to replace capitalism with america
stop externalising your inputs
The problem is capitalism
Are you in the US? You may want to try it before you claim it’s your problem. You finished killing yours at the end of the 80s.
I’m sure that sounded clever in your head but it didn’t make sense to any one but you.
wat
Do you think applying capital into productive industries is the most relevant way to get rich in the US today?
Because it looks really clear that it’s access to powerful people.
Why not both?
there are plenty of capitalist countries doing just fine
It’s already used that way by dogwhistling Tankies, except it also extends to other western world powers like the EU and UK.
