• lorty@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    But have you considered the following:

    Capitalism good because freedom and innovation.

    Bet you feel dumb now.

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      Mhh yes freedom through capitalism. I love the freedom Apple gives me over their device that I bought but don’t own. Or when Samsung locks devices in mexico because they can and people in mexico dare to buy used phones.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t understand, that’s for your protection so you can feel safer and even more freedomery

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        1 year ago

        It’s sarcasm friend, I know capitalism is basically the opposite of that.

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      The thing about capitalism is that it DOES promote freedom and innovation. The problem is that continuous innovation is rarely profitable so companies generally won’t bother innovating after a certain point and the text on the reverse side of the freedom coin is “free from consequences”

      Capitalism is like… a good start to a much better economic system we haven’t figured out yet.

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        You’re not at all wrong. The problem is now we’re all so “bought in” (heh) to capitalism, and the power it has established its so entrenched, that the idea of iterating on it has become so close to literal blasphemy as makes no odds.