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by ChatGTP 1005 days ago
Just because a behavior may end up profitable for its owners doesn’t mean we should be just accepting it as a society

I 100% agree with you, but isn’t this how capitalism works?

I do notice similar sentiments to use more frequently on HN lately. Feels like people are actually aware there are problems now but unsure what’s to be done?
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polygamous_bat 1005 days ago
Random thought, but perhaps trying to enshrine "customer or consumer rights" and "employee rights" as seriously as "shareholder rights" would be a good step.
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TheOtherHobbes 1005 days ago
What we have now is quite literally economic apartheid. Poor people are not allowed into the same spaces, not given the same legal and ethical privileges, denied adequate education and healthcare, increasingly barred from owning property (because "markets")... among many other challenges.

The model is that you can buy your way out of this slavery if you're talented (ruthless) and well-connected enough.

Otherwise you die, and no one - at least no one who matters - cares.

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Rooki 1005 days ago
> but unsure what’s to be done?

Can feel Lenin spinning in his tomb from here.

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b800h 1005 days ago
Ah yes, Communism! So successful at delivering productive happy societies that they needed walls around their countries to keep people in. Great idea.
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Rooki 1005 days ago
Sorry, was a 1/2 hearted attempt at a joke about his pamphlet titled "What is to be done?", similar to the wording used in parents comment. No need to alert the inquisition here just yet.
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selimthegrim 1005 days ago
Probably Chernyshevsky can spin a bit better, Lenin seems a bit tied down.
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b800h 1005 days ago
Apologies, I'm afraid that one was lost on me!
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CapstanRoller 1004 days ago
Capitalism! So successful at delivering productive happy societies that they need to stage coups worldwide to keep people from attempting to try alternatives and fund death squads to secure profits. Great idea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras

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b800h 1005 days ago
Stronger national cultural and industrial policies.
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