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*Humanity problem.

There are some solutions invented, but they require work and revolutionary wars. And the functioning system, I think, will be as close to ancap as to Trotskyism. Won’t be clearly “socialist”.

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TheWilliamist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
No, this is not a humanity problem. This is a capitalism problem. Companies are not beholding to their customers, they are beholden to stock owners. It is no longer in their best interest to make customers happy, it’s in their best interest to provide ROI for their investors. Every software product hits a point of diminishing returns. There are no new amazing features to woo new customers, it is a mature product that only has incremental features. When this happens, you either flip to a subscription model and parasitize your user base, or sell to another vendor, management group, or some other entity who does it after you’ve been paid out. If we had better controls on mergers and buyouts there would be active competition to foster diversity and keep prices down, but when companies buy all their competition and all of the small companies who make products and enhancements for their base, it’s a lose lose situation for the end users. This is my jaded two cents after a quarter century of being in the IT/AEC field in the direct line of this enshittification process from multiple companies across the spectrum.

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- rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  Companies are not beholding to their customers, they are beholden to stock owners.
  
  I don’t think you realize how much of an improvement this is over other really existent options.
  
  One can be a serf, or a slave, or a city dweller in a privilege-based society, or a peasant in some despotic kingdom. The list of options is long, none are good.
  
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  - JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    That’s a very eurocentric view. Most of the world outside of Europe and imperial Asia was communist tribes until Europe went and colonized everything.
    
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    rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Most of the world outside of Europe and imperial Asia was communist or socialist tribes
    
    Name one for this wild statement.
    
    And they were doing pretty damn good at colonizing
    
    That’s another aspect - building something and not getting overrun by those more considerate.
    
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