Hey guys, is like capitalism good?

[Prinzip]

I don't know guys, I just don't feel like reading about it. Damn, guys, please tell me if capitalism is good so I don't have to bother to read or think for myself, guys.

[sleeps]

it's not really about how good it is. it's about how effective the concept is. and capitalism is very good at it. just depends on the intention i guess.

it plays around what people is very good at. a blacksmith makes a living getting resources by himself and work on it by himself to make a nail for example. it's not efficient because he wasted his time getting resources. so why not buy the resource instead and focus solely on the production? then sell it to those who need the product to build cities or better equipment that streamlines the production? that's the main idea.

[The nameless Gamer]

Long story short: it is a good idea but the execution has turned most of the world into a corporate dystopia. So, it's only good if done by the book.

[qb]

anything dealing with non-living things is kinda bad, idk what good is it to study the flux on objects in the universe, same as astronomy can be downright boring and depressing.

[Ramonkey]

With regulations in place to break up monopolies, yes

[Xero_Daxter]

Gotta love big businesses killing the small ones.

[Magma Dragoon]

Capitalism is not traditional to any part of the world and is a culturally caustic revolutionary ideology. Capital is good, capital owners as the dominant political force is less clear.

[Vince ✟]

So much trash to filter through on here these days

[Dialectical Femboism]

Pure capitalism is trash. Market socialism is where its at.,

[Puggly the Grey]

Messaggio originale di No rightoids allowed:

Pure capitalism is trash. Market socialism is where its at.,

At the least, doh a post-scarcity society wif no money at all would be le most ideal, but our technology is not der yet sadly.

[michaelplehner]

Over 10 million border crossings in a very small time frame says it must be good. They sure as hell didn't go to Canada.

[The nameless Gamer]

Messaggio originale di michaelplehner:

Over 10 million border crossings in a very small time frame says it must be good. They sure as hell didn't go to Canada.

Those same "border crossings" are why the average US citizen can't have proper healthcare and higher education nor basic worker rights like in normal countries.

Edit:
US corporations especially LOVE illegal immigrants, because they can be blackmailed into accepting far worse work conditions than the average US citizen.

[sleeps]

talking outside of the US, other countries seem to benefit from big tech companies somewhat. and if you ask me, I'd talk about land hoarders and whatever the hell blackrock is doing than talking about something useful often mistaken with something evil because of how flawed the system is

but again, i can tell which is capitalist and which is not. vault tec? they're fascist/corporatist because the enclave. midgar/shinra from ff7? they're corporatocratic so i guess our friends being terrorists makes sense. lego movie? it's the same.

[Top Cat]

Messaggio originale di Prinzip:

Hey guys, is like capitalism good?

I don't know guys, I just don't feel like reading about it. Damn, guys, please tell me if capitalism is good so I don't have to bother to read or think for myself, guys.

Too many 'guys'

Brain exploded guy.

[Ulfrinn]

Messaggio originale di Xero_Daxter:

Gotta love big businesses killing the small ones.

Wouldn't really be so easy if big business didn't get the breaks, grants, and exemptions that small businesses don't. Case in point "too big to fail" where the government decided some corporations had more of a right to exist than others. And for the record, that isn't capitalism once government starts picking winners and losers. It's fascism by Mussolini's definition, on it's way to socialism.

[sleeps]

Messaggio originale di Ulfrinn:

Messaggio originale di Xero_Daxter:

Gotta love big businesses killing the small ones.

Wouldn't really be so easy if big business didn't get the breaks, grants, and exemptions that small businesses don't. Case in point "too big to fail" where the government decided some corporations had more of a right to exist than others. And for the record, that isn't capitalism once government starts picking winners and losers. It's fascism by Mussolini's definition, on it's way to socialism.

when people say that fallout is "anti capitalist", i know ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happens. I'm no lore buff but i dig to the lore long enough to conclude that the kind of America they have is fascist. plus, it's still anti war