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how would that be different without capitalism?
A lot less crime for one. We funnel people into prison because of how currency functions. If Basic Needs were met like not charging for food or other necesseities people wouldn't be nearly as miserable. Shouldn't take a rocket scientist to understand this. Complain about where the money comes from all you want but keeping things status quoe means we are okay with all the cruelty in our world.
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I knew as a child, i hated working and didn't want to do it.
Come to find out as an adult, everyone is a slave to corporations who overcharge us and underpay us. It's all rigged against the working class. So glad i didn't waste more money on college for a job i couldn't get.
Maybe I'm ignorant but this feels like a stretch. You have to work to survive, that's just how it is
You don't have to work if you're wealthy. Give me $5 million and I'll never work again, and live a happy life. Even as little as $2mil is doable
I get this sentiment, but why would anyone want to farm then? Who does the work? Hell, in the US we need immigrants to do it because nobody else will. I guess my response to this will always be ok if nobody has to work, then who will, and why? And if nobody decides to work, then there won't be the resources to make it so that nobody has to work. Nobody has ever replied with a solution to that aside from "well if we're in a post-scarcity world then we don't need people to work..." but we're not. Not even close.
It's kind of like libertarianism in my mind. If there are no rules and everyone is self sufficient, then who's to stop the people who don't want to earn their keep from just using force against those who do?
Even if you wanted to opt out of capitalism, I can't even think of how a poor person would manage to live legally in the US. You basically have to be a hobo constantly in fear of being arrested (and then in prison you're definitely a slave). You can't just go out into nature and build your own homestead like people used to do.
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