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[-] CarrotBottom@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

It wouldn't exist at all if capitalism didn't exist.

People would just get cancer and die like they used to.

Capitalism is the reason we (and you) have nice things.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Capitalism is why we have ruined the environment.

[-] BlueBockser@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

Other economic systems aren't exactly protective of the environment either though, so I don't really get your point.

[-] R00bot 16 points 1 year ago

Other economic systems don't incentivise companies to produce trash products that break quickly to keep the customer coming back, or to use non-recyclable materials because they cost 3 cents less.

[-] BlueBockser@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, they do. Corruption, unrealistic n-year plans and secrecy for example lead to defective products, poor quality and accidents. That's exactly what happened in Chernobyl, and I don't need to tell you how bad that was for the environment.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What happened at Chernobyl was the politicians refusing to listen to the scientists. They were performing an experiment that the designers of the plant told them was exceedingly dangerous, and blew up their reactor. At least they did it unintentionally, unlike the Army Corps of Engineers.

[-] BlueBockser@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

And why did "the politicians" refuse not to listen to "the scientists"? Part of the answer is definitely due to unrealistic n-year plans.

Also, there were other factors at play such as secrecy around the danger of graphite-tipped control rods. The Soviets had discovered this danger already, but had kept it secret even from their nuclear engineers.

[-] NAK@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which economic system, in your opinion, would produce the highest quality products? And you can use whatever definition of quality you like

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Six Nations managed to keep their economic system functioning without a hiccup for at least 15,000 to 25,000 years. That one seems to work.

[-] NAK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ok. Let's switch to six nations.

That definitely answers my question

[-] R00bot 1 points 1 year ago

It's very clear you are not arguing in good faith.

[-] NAK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When the response to my question of "what do you think is better" is an esoteric shout out to a culture that's been dead for thousands of years, that isn't even in the first page of Google results for "six nations" yeah. You're right. It's not a good faith argument

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure why you brought up quality of products in the first place.

[-] NAK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Because that's a thing capitalism is great at? If the connection between capitalism and ruthless efficiency and iteration isn't apparent to whoever is reading this then it's really not worth the conversation

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And? What is the relevance? It's "not worth the conversation" if you can't stay on topic, or connect your ideas together properly so as to be coherent to others.

[-] NAK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're right. I'm sorry

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Capitalism is the only one really employed across the world.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Yes, no innovation has been done under any system but capitalism. /s Let's forget about how totalitarian Russia was the first to space. Let's forget about how much medicine was developed under the religious authoritarianism of ancient Arabia. Let's forget about how much philosophy was conceived under feudalism.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Let's totally forget that The Six Nations managed to maintain a cooperative collective of hundreds of thousands of people for at least 15,000-25,000 years with their environmental impact being quite literally the creation and tending of "The Garden of Eden."

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca, Ojibwe, and I forget the last two

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What are they though? Are they indigenous groups in Australia or America?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

North American. They controlled what we would call New England, as well as parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Canada

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

arabic numbers bad.

or is it because edison couldnt claim this to be an american invention aswell? just because america is full of thieves doesnt mean they invented shit.

rockets....werner von braun

lightbulb....lumiere

computer ...conrad zuse

internet...tim

i am sure americans have invented absolutely nothing and stolen absolutely everything.

biontech is german, pfizer are the murican scumbags.

tiktok&wechat.... chinese

are you still on meta or drugs?

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Capitalism is the reason third generation morons have multiple private jets.

[-] R00bot 15 points 1 year ago

Capitalism =/= money.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Did you really think these new vaccine will be affordable? Those nice things are for the rich.

[-] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Recently read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, and in those books an anti aging "vaccine" is made and shared freely for the citizens of Mars, but on Earth where the rich and powerful still control everything, its used as an incentive to come and work for the most powerful companies, or if you have the money then you can buy it.

I literally hope such a thing is never invented, imagine if the Musk's, Trump's, Bezos', and Putin's of the world lived for hundreds of years instead of finally fucking dying at 90-100 at most.

Terrifying.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That might actually be enough inequality that we might do something about it.

[-] stringere@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Look up Ted Faro's story from Horizon Zero Dawn.

[-] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It wouldn’t exist at all if capitalism didn’t exist.

Science doesn't need capitalism to exist. Technology doesn't need to be for-profit to be developed.

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