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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It will fail, inevitably. It's unsustainable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah yeah... Capitalism bad, m'kay ? I only see it becoming stronger and stronger with the growth of huge companies like Google Amazon, apple, etc. That are already beyond national level.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

As megacorporations swell, and disparity rises, so too does exploitation. Disparity rising is not a good thing. This leads to instability and collapse.

[–] Maalus -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It'd been unsustainable for thousands of years, and yet here we are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Capitalism is only a few hundred years old, what do you think we are talking about?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 0 points 9 months ago

Commerce isn’t capitalism. Capitalism began with the Dutch East India Company.