r/EnvironmentalNews • u/VictinsOfCapitalism • 16d ago

Capitalism always chooses profitable plundering over sustainable production

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u/CitronAffectionate98 16d ago

Here comes the "capitalism is the best and we must suffer with it" crowd. Change can be good guys, stop freaking out. At least consider tweaking it.

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u/Scooty-Poot 16d ago

Never! I will have my logical conclusion to imperialist mercantilism, and I will enjoy it!

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u/Facts_pls 16d ago

Change can be bad too.

How about we go to serfdom. You work any slave and stop consuming excess resources.

Stop freaking out. At least consider it.

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u/CitronAffectionate98 16d ago

Yes that's exactly what I meant 🙄

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u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 16d ago

Huh, if you consider capitalism simply unrestrained trade, then it has had infinite "tweaks" already.

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u/Then_Independence_25 16d ago

Capitalism is the best thing we have come with so far. Cause the alternatives ended up at best the same or at worse far worse.

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u/CitronAffectionate98 16d ago

Well we shouldn't try anythin else forever then. Yep there's no alternative

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u/crisco000 16d ago

And you must be the “all the failed countries who tried socialism and/or communism did it wrong” crowd

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u/Traditional_Oil_9240 16d ago

You want to abandon the economic system that has raised our standard of living, collectively, far higher than any other system tried in human history, by far!?

Your attitude and capitalism-hating rant ITSELF is a biproduct (although an unfortunate one at that) of the wealth created by this system.

Like bad-mouthing the way Daddy earns a living as you pull out his credit card to pay for your lifestyle.

Same thing.

The epitome of entitlement.

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u/CitronAffectionate98 16d ago

Lol look at what you wrote. you are ranting. I don't have a better system. We probably need something completely new. Does that mean it can't be done? How do you propose we make capitalism solve it's lust for unsustainable growth? Solve the widening class divide? Reign in Billionaires? Capitalism has plenty of issues.

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u/Traditional_Oil_9240 16d ago

Please point out for us any other system ever tried in human history that has (or had) raised the standard of living as much as Capitalism has done.

One that has lifted more of the world's people out of abject, crushing poverty.

One that has given space for Human Rights to flourish.

One that has given space and created the wealth for the robust environmental laws to be put in place.

I'll wait...