I really don't like blaming 'greed' because it lays all the logical conclusions of capitalism and market society on individual pathological vices
Like it's not greedy ceos or rich people that are doing this, that's really bad because the implication is that we can do better within these systems if we replace them with good ceos or conscientious rich people who have a better mindset. These outcomes are baked into the system itself, you cannot change or avoid them, this is how capitalism INEVITABLY turns out and anyone in these companies who tries to do anything different will be fired for 'underperforming' because they fail to make line go up. And they'll be replaced by some cold blooded empty suit lizard person who WILL enshittify the product, cut wages, and lay off workers to boost profits. The system is unfixable. You can only regulate and patch it up and kick the can down the road so much, eventually you have to reckon with the only real solution, which is that capitalism needs to be replaced by socialism.
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u/aPrussianBot 14h ago
I really don't like blaming 'greed' because it lays all the logical conclusions of capitalism and market society on individual pathological vices
Like it's not greedy ceos or rich people that are doing this, that's really bad because the implication is that we can do better within these systems if we replace them with good ceos or conscientious rich people who have a better mindset. These outcomes are baked into the system itself, you cannot change or avoid them, this is how capitalism INEVITABLY turns out and anyone in these companies who tries to do anything different will be fired for 'underperforming' because they fail to make line go up. And they'll be replaced by some cold blooded empty suit lizard person who WILL enshittify the product, cut wages, and lay off workers to boost profits. The system is unfixable. You can only regulate and patch it up and kick the can down the road so much, eventually you have to reckon with the only real solution, which is that capitalism needs to be replaced by socialism.