• forrgott@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Giving capitalism credit for any forward progress in society that happened to occur after it started is absurd. It slows progress, this is a well known fact. If we’re living better than medieval kings now, I wonder how much better we’d be without that crap

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      1 year ago

      Capitalism has led directly to advances in medicine and cures and there is no question about that. For all its faults the greed for money has no doubt led to faster advances.

      Real socialism just won’t work for people. We are too corrupt and would just find ways to take advantage of it for personal gain. Some form of greed needs to be worked into the system to promote advancement and satiate the need for greed.