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minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 months ago“Capitalism is when companies piss me off.” I swear you should have to prove some minimum-level understanding of a term before being allowed to use it.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilink7•2 months agoI read it as profit maximization is a perverse incentive that doesn’t achieve what people promoting capitalism claim.
minus-square@kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink4•2 months agoNo its when profits are more important than the customers a company claims to serve, under capitalism companies are incentivised to make products that dont last.
“Capitalism is when companies piss me off.”
I swear you should have to prove some minimum-level understanding of a term before being allowed to use it.
I read it as profit maximization is a perverse incentive that doesn’t achieve what people promoting capitalism claim.
No its when profits are more important than the customers a company claims to serve, under capitalism companies are incentivised to make products that dont last.