You can see where one ends and the other begins if you look with the right eye. Taking what people would be doing anyways and forcing them to do it for your own gain. With that framing, you can see how serfdom, and slavery all become progenitors to modern day capitalism. It’s evolved with the times and always found a way in. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before.
This was reported for being political, rule 3. Economics is highly politicized but we need to draw a line somewhere so I added a little more guidance in the sidebar. For example, a similar but less politicized phrasing might be “Capitalism and humanism both come from the same aspects of human nature” Leaving up for now. Thanks for being civil everyone.
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite” - John Kenneth Galbraith
Capitalism comes from nature and is kind of what humans have been doing since day 1.
Capitalism only comes from nature in so far as humans came from nature and humans created capitalism. It is no more natural, nor any less harmful to nature than plastic.
It also wasn’t something we made up day 1. Capitalism isn’t even that old.
Capitalism feels very related to natural selection.
That’s just the natural progression of Humanism. Now try to separate out what capitalism is, and you’ll see what I’m saying.
weird how it’s resulted in a higher standard of living for more people than literally any other economic system
The costs of capitalism usually don’t make good quips on the internet.
