• kazerniel@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It matters a lot though what kind of goal the system incentivises. Imagine if it was people’s happiness and freedom instead of quarterly profits.

    • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Imagine if it was people’s happiness and freedom instead of quarterly profits

      1. Whose happiness and freedom?
      2. How is it to be measured?
      3. Capitalists honestly believe that free trade is the best albeit flawed way to do both of the above

      It’s definitely valid to disagree about point #3, but then you need to give a better model for #1 and #2

    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 hours ago

      That’s the part people never really seem to understand. It makes sense though because we’re subjected to the system from birth and it’s all a lot of people know so they can’t grasp the idea of a world outside of that so it can sometimes be difficult to get through to people on that