• eureka@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    If that would ever happen.

    Well, you see, the thing about capitalism is it empowers exactly the people who don’t want that to happen. Consumerism-driven, wasteful capitalism is the in-built trend of capitalism itself, not an unfortunate variant - even government regulation doesn’t solve these problems.

    • NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz
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      2 months ago

      True that. Sociopaths always win. This is pretty much true of any form of society though.