• Draghetta@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    just capital

    Like, eh, I guess?

    Most spam emails are not corporations looking for customers but scammers looking for victims.

    I appreciate the dunk on capitalism as much as the next guy but this feels kinda random

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      1 year ago

      not corporations looking for customers but scammers looking for victims

      In like 90% of commerce, these are the same thing. Profit exists in the unequal exchange of value. The more unequal the exchange, the more profit created. Capitalism is built on the idea that the investor is entitled to all of the profit, so the producer and the consumer are both providing value to a third party.

      For sure, there are examples of industries where the transactions are more equitable than others. But corporations are exclusively profit-driven, and equality is anathema to profit.

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      1 year ago

      I appreciate the dunk on capitalism as much as the next guy but this feels kinda […]

      Welcome to the Fediverse!

    • dx1@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Mmhm, it’s people trying to make money, not anthropomorphic “capital”. Not especially rich people either.