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@squaresinger@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent
The concept of a “corrupt industry” doesn’t really make sense. Corruption only works in non-profit/political/governmental contexts. It’s when you have a job that requires you to value some specific higher goal more than your own personal benefit. The whole purpose and the higher goal of an industry, same as capitalism in general is personal benefit. A capitalist cannot be corrupt. Or to put it differently: The thing that would make e.g. a public servant corrupt is the modus operandi of capitalism.
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I think I get what you’re saying - when we say corrupt, we mean someone is manipulating something for personal gain and otherwise would have a different purpose. Capitalism is just for personal gain. Therefore, capitalism cannot be corrupted by manipulation for personal gain, because that’s it’s true purpose. TLDR: saying capitalism is corrupt is a tautology. Did I rephrase your point correctly?
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@squaresinger@lemmy.world · Dec 07
Pretty much, with the difference that corruption can only happen if it takes something off it’s path, so to say. If the path itself is bad, being bad is not corruption. If steel rusts, it’s being corrupted. Rust itself cannot be corrupted, because it is what it is. And yes, I very much think that capitalism sucks.
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