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by grtteee 66 days ago
People who participate in the stock market (which tends to be many people who may even be anti-capitalist) do so in the hope of generating excess returns.

Is this really a function of capitalism or just who humans really are in general? That is to say humans are self interested and desire to maximise their own wealth.
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danny_codes 66 days ago
Sure, that’s an observed human behavior. You can also observe altruism, compassion, empathy, etc.

Capitalism is designed to force everyone to maximize personal wealth, because wealth determines resource allocation. Other societies did it or do it differently.

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dsf2aa 66 days ago
That's nonsense.

You do not have to 'maximize' your personal wealth and nobody is forced to do so. Many people choose to do so, voluntarily. That's the essence of free markets. It just so happens capitalism not only complements the notion of free markets, but enables more markets to exist than otherwise.

You can't have it both ways.

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cassianoleal 65 days ago
> That is to say humans are self interested and desire to maximise their own wealth.

In capitalism, yes.

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