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Capitalism is the paywall of life (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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If they could somehow monetize breathing, they would

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[โ€“] Lemmino 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There is still a power incentive. In the proposed system we would likely factions rapidly forming to gather the most power and resources as quickly as possible. It would probably be quite bloody. (What you are describing is effectively the tribe system, which rarely ended well for most tribes.)

As long as resource scarcity exists I just don't see this working out, unfortunately.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my mentioned system the power would be in cooperation. Fighting against that would lose power.

Resource scarcity is mostly a decision problem. Capitalism doesn't have incentive to let anyone benefit from the excessive resources so those in control won't decide for it.