[clnq]

I ran a tech startup for several years and I can say you have a simplistic view of this. My company didn't want to be a unicorn, it didn't want VC money, and it didn't want the whole pie. It was funded out of pocket until it became profitable. It was under capitalism, and yet we had no investors other than the founders to be greedy for. We just built a product that was important for us, and we were content with earning enough for this to be worthwhile.

Capitalism is not synonymous with greed. We just idolize greedy people. We call them things like "successful", "self-made", "inspiring", or "capitalist" to absolve them of their greed. In the Soviet Union, people would call greedy people "successful", "self-made", "inspiring", and "communist".

It's really just the greed.

[FirmwareBurner]

Sure, I get it, and while there's several companies who think like your own, that's not the norm, many, especially the big trillion dollar ones, are the exact opposite.

Do you think Apple, Microsoft, Google, Saudi Aramco, etc. got to trillion dollar valuations by being mindful and not greedy?

[clnq]

All I'm saying is that capitalism does not prescribe greed. Take away capitalism and you have the same problems with greed. Take away greed and capitalism doesn't sound so bad anymore.