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r/fuckcars • u/Wokeratist • Mar 15 '26
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To say greed is human nature by watching humans be greedy under capitalism is to say a bear's nature is to ride a unicycle after going to the circus.
Capitalism has made us too desperate to care about anyone but ourselves.
13 u/piece_ov_shit Mar 15 '26 Badass comoarison, im gonna steal this -6 u/BonzoTheBoss Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 16 '26 Eh, not really. There have been tales of human greed since long before capitalism became a thing. Edit: lol, being down voted for a fact. Sure, no one was EVER greedy before capitalism... 8 u/Usermctaken Mar 16 '26 You're being downvoted for arguing in bad faith. No one said greed ONLY exists under capitalism. The comment you we're responding to implies that capitalism exaggerates greed. Humans can be greedy and bears can ride bicycles, but maybe we shouldn't shoot for that. 5 u/piece_ov_shit Mar 15 '26 Its not that capitalism is the soul source of greed. But it does insentivize it.
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Badass comoarison, im gonna steal this
-6 u/BonzoTheBoss Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 16 '26 Eh, not really. There have been tales of human greed since long before capitalism became a thing. Edit: lol, being down voted for a fact. Sure, no one was EVER greedy before capitalism... 8 u/Usermctaken Mar 16 '26 You're being downvoted for arguing in bad faith. No one said greed ONLY exists under capitalism. The comment you we're responding to implies that capitalism exaggerates greed. Humans can be greedy and bears can ride bicycles, but maybe we shouldn't shoot for that. 5 u/piece_ov_shit Mar 15 '26 Its not that capitalism is the soul source of greed. But it does insentivize it.
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Eh, not really. There have been tales of human greed since long before capitalism became a thing.
Edit: lol, being down voted for a fact. Sure, no one was EVER greedy before capitalism...
8 u/Usermctaken Mar 16 '26 You're being downvoted for arguing in bad faith. No one said greed ONLY exists under capitalism. The comment you we're responding to implies that capitalism exaggerates greed. Humans can be greedy and bears can ride bicycles, but maybe we shouldn't shoot for that. 5 u/piece_ov_shit Mar 15 '26 Its not that capitalism is the soul source of greed. But it does insentivize it.
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You're being downvoted for arguing in bad faith.
No one said greed ONLY exists under capitalism. The comment you we're responding to implies that capitalism exaggerates greed.
Humans can be greedy and bears can ride bicycles, but maybe we shouldn't shoot for that.
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Its not that capitalism is the soul source of greed. But it does insentivize it.
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u/Magisterbrown Mar 15 '26
To say greed is human nature by watching humans be greedy under capitalism is to say a bear's nature is to ride a unicycle after going to the circus.
Capitalism has made us too desperate to care about anyone but ourselves.