• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 years ago

    and just like in biology, you need a system to fight the cancer, you can’t just wish it away.

    since we’ve refused to maintain such an immune system, we’re now going to have to go through a miserable period of chemo treatment to rid ourselves of the tumors.

  • Rolder@reddthat.com
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    2 years ago

    I’m a fan of capitalism with tight regulations and checks on corruption, personally

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      2 years ago

      The very nature of capitalism facilitates concentrations of power, which will utilize that power to accumulate even more in any conceivable way. The system is fundamentally flawed and needs to be replaced if we care at all for basic human rights and a future for this species.

  • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    thats why we have space companies and a moon covered in mineable minerals ngl if humanity can figure out some way of sending everyone to space, we totally should might be better for the climate if done right

  • fleet@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”

    Edward Abbey

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            2 years ago

            Ohhh - you believe an obvious authoritarian regime when they said they’re communist. I suppose you’ll defend the DPRK as a robust democracy for the same big brain reason.

            I’m not sure what any of this has to do with economics, but you’ve made your irrelevant, dumb, definitionally wrong point - I hope it brought you some brief satisfaction.

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                2 years ago

                You’re trying to insult me with a word you’ve just proven you don’t understand, and you expect that to sting rather than look pathetic?

                I’d tell you to just grab a dictionary, but with your tongue buried that deep in the arsehole of the billionaires that are robbing you blind, that’ll be a bit much to ask - maybe take a step back, eh? Sort your life out.

                You’re too stupid for there to be any sport in this, and too ideologically chucked to learn - yeah - I’m done with you.

  • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    This is a popular take that is just completely wrong. Capitalism as a system does not require growth. Capitalism is a system in which the factors of production are owned by private parties and can be freely traded. The capitalists believe is that markets will allocate those factors of production to the owners that can best exploit them. This can result in growth, but it isn’t necessary for the system to function.

    There are literally a thousand issues with the system ranging from inequality to environmental concerns to market concentration (all of which capitalists tend to ignore). I really do not understand why people pick this one to quibble over.

  • Great_Devil@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    in biology normal cells are controlled by nucleus and it’s hereditory… so it is nepotism and zero rights for others so it’s also bad thing like communism