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Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You say that like there’s a single system in the history of the world which doesn’t. Capitalism isn’t novel with regard to humans taking advantage of one another.

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  • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The difference is that in other systems, when people behave like that, it’s then gaming the system. Capitalism is the only system that incentivizes it in rewards it directly, As a matter of principle.

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    • galloog1@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn’t reward it anymore than even local government control over resources. You act like nobody has ever tried to get out of a speeding ticket or fake their way to impress their lead.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Capitalism incentivizes producing value

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      • owen@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It incentivises producing a perceived value. So faking value works just as well as providing real value

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      • Copernican@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not sure why you are down voted. Marx argues that the secret to value is human labor, and capitalists exploit labor to capture surplus value.

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    • cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At least pure Capitalism promotes a free, open market rather than black markets.

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      • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        LOL. Nothing about our markets are free.

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      • forrgott@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, it doesn’t. It promotes oligarchy.

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      • hoot@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I had to give my head an actual shake - this can’t be a real comment. A normal, sentient human would not produce a sentence like this unironically.

        The only explanation I can come up with is the OP is a first-year economics student.

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• Copernican@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You think that’s limited to capitalism?

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  • Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, it’s not limited to capitalism of course but it’s especially rewarded in capitalism.

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• deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ever heard of Lysenko? The con artists and their bullshit are everywhere.

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  • Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Very interesting, thank you for the hint. However, I would argue that Lysenko(ism) being successful in socialist Russia was an unintended result of authoritarian Idiocracy, while in capitalism the systematic promotion of con artists is intended. Sorry Adam Smith but you were quite naïve …

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