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1. imknew+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-12-15 18:10:45
What I find interesting is how people literally cannot see any alternative besides, "This is just the way capitalism works", which implicitly acknowledges "capitalism is the only way it can work".
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2. except+u4[view] [source] 2022-12-15 18:31:42
>>imknew+(OP)
Spot on. Our thinking on these matters is more adherence to faith than reason. We are stuck in a collective meme.

A belief system that centers around human well being sounds more reasonable than *unbounded* capitalism. We know it, we don't know what to do with it.

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3. mallvi+O7[view] [source] 2022-12-15 18:47:51
>>imknew+(OP)
Reminds me of this quote from Mark Fisher:

"Observing humans under capitalism and concluding it's only in our nature to be greedy is like observing humans under water and concluding it's only in our nature to drown."

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