kat@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCapitalism is the paywall of lifemessage-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1306arrow-down1message-squareCapitalism is the paywall of lifekat@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoCapitalism is no more based on “infinite growth” than human psychology is based on “infinite pleasure”. Capitalism, like humans in general, is perfectly capable of surviving through extended periods in which the future will be worse than the past. For example, the Japanese economy has been stagnant for a couple of decades, but Japan is still capitalist.
Capitalism is no more based on “infinite growth” than human psychology is based on “infinite pleasure”.
Capitalism, like humans in general, is perfectly capable of surviving through extended periods in which the future will be worse than the past.
For example, the Japanese economy has been stagnant for a couple of decades, but Japan is still capitalist.