Message from @Windwalkr
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In a world where human labor is still required to meet basic needs and unpredictable acts of nature can cause unplanned rearrangement of vast ammounts of resources, some form of capitalism is the best we have
@LotheronPrime I think mixed economics are the best system because it still allows free enterprise while still preventing full on mass consumerism.
whats wrong with consumerism though?
I mean, what horror exists in people using money they earned to buy things they want?
and don't say the environment
because public demand has already shifted in favor of not fucking the environment
and corporations responded with their "green initatives"
I think mass consumerism falls apart with mass automation.
mass automation will never be a thing in a way people thing doom and gloom will be
public demand is anything you staple as "a good cause"
think of all the things that weren't automated 100s of years ago and have been for a while and haven't really had an affect
cuz last i checked, LA, the corner stone of "we must do good at all costs" in the west is still full of smog, and combustable engine cars
there will always be soemthing new
@Dr.Wol having just consumerism provides no meaning in life and it leads to people thinking that only profit matters.
I don't see it as a zero sum game
I think when we get better with AI we will start seeing jobs like Pilots, and burger flippers, and grocery store cashiers, etc. going away.
i'll take profit matters above "surviving matters" which is what pretty much any non-capitalist system ends up prioritising
besides, people should find their own meaning in life, its part of being human, its part of being a man!
A man chooses, a slave obeys!
you can either have "no meaning" or "low lifeexpectancy"
which was just 55 or so 100 years ago
I'm sure of it
i dunno, make the friends around you happy, play games and enjoy life seems like a solid meaning to me
also, as JBP points out, meaning is brought from responsibility
good point though, all dem SJW's are irresponsible and feel like they have no meaning
I think society is more inportant than profits for corporations. A society is like the human body, the different parts of the society need to work together for it to work.
well they're responsibilities are misplaced, I think
and many are inheriently projecting
i.e. calling people racists while being racist themselves..
Society IS like a human body,
Feed it good elements and it becomes strong
Feed it bad elements and you end up with diahrrea,
That said, i don't need to fart, to move my arm
So maybe different roads are an option
I think profits for corporations have lead to the rise of charities that can make a difference
like the bill and melinda gates foundation and their African causes, for example
"Racism" or just thinking other races are different from your race is just natural.
that's not what racism is
different is natural
better than is racisim
being weary of other races and thinking different ARE natural, sure,
considering them lesser or better in value is not natural
What is "racisim" then?
thinking your race is better than another just because of race.
racism is that you judge someone based on their race
before even knowing them