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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (11 children)
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    The capitalist system promotes greed to an extreme extent.

    People aren't greedy by nature. It's the circumstances that are the problem.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    How do you know people are not greedy by nature? Wasn't it people who invented capitalism?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Elites invented capitalism. Those who already controlled most resources.

    Greed develops if individuals and groups get the possibility to capture way too many resources without any limits or consequences.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    People let those other people control resources, could it be because they shared the greed and thought they would benefit more from it by letting that happen?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    People let those other people control resources

    Who would be able to take it away from them? They'll do everything possible to keep them. Move it, buy politicians, etc.

    could it be because they shared the greed and thought they would benefit more from it by letting that happen?

    You mean trickle down and that bs?

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    Who would be able to take it away from them? They’ll do everything possible to keep them. Move it, buy politicians, etc.

    A sufficient amount of people, it has happened a couple of time in history.

    You mean trickle down and that bs?

    Yes the belief in such thing. If we go back to early society, it could be agreeing to follow a leader because you believe you'll get more resources from working for his group than by yourself.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    According to anthropologists, for the vast majority of human history, humans operated based on gift economies. Money is a much more recent invention. Capitalism is an even more recent invention.

    Humans existed for around 200,000 years.

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