• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    23 hours ago

    Yep, better to go back to mercantile & pre-mercantile economic systems of feudalism & before. Shit was way better then.

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      22 hours ago

      Indeed, only systems designed to enrich the already rich have the possibility of existing, of course! Anything else is obviously delusions dreamed up by dirty red commie bastards.

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      23 hours ago

      Or, hear me out, you could just have a good HR department even if you have to group up to demand rights.
      Why you got to throw everything away like that? There can be/are good businesses.

      • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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        22 hours ago

        I’ve never heard of a good HR department. Are you suggesting a better government less susceptible to government failure? Or a review of serious, scholarly work in political economy or public choice pertaining to these questions? That would be a refreshing change.

        Most of the time, criticisms on here boil down to “capitalism is the worst system except for all the others we’ve tried”. No insights, just opinions regurgitating muddled takes on dated philosophy.

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          22 hours ago

          Milton Hershey was apparently pretty awesome to his employees, built an entire town that was locally situated to have public transport, every house had amenities and he built free schools and theaters and more. His water reservoir is even a public garden.

          Seems like it didnt last but hey they tried for a while there.

          Also i once worked for a company that raised my pay equal for every employee we were down by until we rehired back up. That was awesome.

          • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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            20 hours ago

            Benevolent, philanthropic businesses & business magnates are possible as are benevolent kings & dictators.

            To not “throw everything away”, that doesn’t suggest how to keep the integrity of government to regulate capitalism or any successful economy.

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              20 hours ago

              So you want 1 random person on the internet to solve all the worlds problems for you?

              I’ll ruminate on it when im next in the shower and i have again forgotten my Bluetooth speaker.

              • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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                18 hours ago

                No, just that the observation that benevolence exists applies as much to worse economic systems.

                Your thought may not apply distinctly to capitalism. Is it possible economic influence from any type of economy would also corrupt susceptible governments? Have you considered perhaps the problem lies more in the structural types of governments susceptible to influence by special interests that don’t serve the majority?