• lorty@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    But have you considered the following:

    Capitalism good because freedom and innovation.

    Bet you feel dumb now.

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      11 months ago

      No because freedom and innovation have nothing to do with capitalism? If anything the opposite?

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        11 months ago

        It’s sarcasm friend, I know capitalism is basically the opposite of that.

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      11 months ago

      Mhh yes freedom through capitalism. I love the freedom Apple gives me over their device that I bought but don’t own. Or when Samsung locks devices in mexico because they can and people in mexico dare to buy used phones.

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        11 months ago

        You don’t understand, that’s for your protection so you can feel safer and even more freedomery

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      11 months ago

      The thing about capitalism is that it DOES promote freedom and innovation. The problem is that continuous innovation is rarely profitable so companies generally won’t bother innovating after a certain point and the text on the reverse side of the freedom coin is “free from consequences”

      Capitalism is like… a good start to a much better economic system we haven’t figured out yet.