Post #1970738
2025-01-20 19:00 UTC
@becha
Plot twist...
Those are all capitalist affirmations. At least potentially.
Because if enough of us wholeheartedly valued them, choosing to forgo the other alternatives offered to us, then the market would more determinedly make those sentiments a reality for us.
https://mindly.social/@setsly/113555011217992901
Replies (2)
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@alextecplayz@techhub.social 2025-01-20 19:05
@setsly @becha A third plot twist: they're just personal affirmations for a healthy, balanced life that can be achieved with any economic model, capitalist or otherwise.
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@WilliamRobert@toad.social 2025-03-28 17:01
@setsly @becha This is an interesting point that I've been thinking about. This could really drive a revolution. On the other hand, the worldview that supports capitalism labels humans as consumers; undermines agency, reduces relationships to transactions, distorts freedom and weakens democratic participation. But if we harnessed the market to the health of people & ecosystems ... good things would happen.