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whatnow37373 | 9 months ago

In capitalism everything is a function of scarcity. I wonder how long we are going to keep up that particular charade.

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meepmorp|9 months ago

> I wonder how long we are going to keep up that particular charade

about as long as the real world continues to have finite resources and people have differing ideas about what to do with them

whatnow37373|9 months ago

Capitalism is just one solution to that problem and I’m not convinced it’s the best one.

latency-guy2|9 months ago

Didn't know other economic systems beat the fundamental nature of physics and reality where infinite isn't simply a concept. Are you sure you're considering a "charade" in the right direction?

whatnow37373|9 months ago

That’s strange, because capitalism is the one that thinks infinity is real. Also it’s trying to break nature, quite literally given the state of our climate.

There are other ways to cooperate that don’t depend on sociopathy and infighting.