‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything::The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?

    • nyctre@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes, because the first guy who lit a fire on purpose was like: “you want warm? You give food! Else fuck off!”

      /s

      • GeneralInterest@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        To be fair, he may well have been like that. Humans have been selfish bastards since the dawn of time. And maybe this is why we need good government regulations - because human nature is greed. Any company in a position of power will just leech as much money as they can, if nobody is going to stop them.

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      I wonder what arguments people have to justify a downvote. Polarized either/or views. Capitalism is a great idea if regulated. Look to history and find good examples of societies that aren’t based on capitalism. They don’t exist.

      I agree and value the Marxist analysis of capitalism. I’m a socialist. However, I don’t think that a Marxist economy would work. Social responsible capitalism works. Capitalism run amok doesn’t. Unfortunately, it is getting out of control, especially in the USA.

      • TengoDosVacas@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        What we have here is a capitalism that is devoid of the creation of goods and services; today’s capitalism is just neofeudalism in which the capitalist just collects rent without creating anything. This thread is confusing capitalism woth commerce.

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        1 year ago

        If you were a socialist you’d know what dialectical materialism is and not say something like “Marxist economy”.

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        What is the solution for when capitalism purchases the regulators? You can purchase SCOTUS rulings for laughably cheap and legislation for even less. If you’re really into it, you can spend several decades building up a propaganda network so low information clowns will vote in an obvious con man. He’ll drop corporate taxes down to zero, give trillions in handouts, and dismantle pesky shit like the EPA. Profits!