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[–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think there's one important distinction.

Capitalism is a "rich-get-richer" system.

In any finite economy, this is immoral, because one person (or small group) wins, and everybody else loses. By definition. And once you're a loser, you're sunk.

So capitalist apologists rely on the illusion/dream of limitless growth because it means they get to pretend that when they steal from you they are somehow "creating value".

[–] huge_clock@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just because the rich get richer doesn’t mean the poor get poorer. Look at the data.

[–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

... The data that shows that as worker productivity increases, worker income doesn't increase proportionally?