compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105imageBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netcompostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoDo you think the problem with big companies and rich people is that individual rich people and the CEOs they elect just happen to be bad people?
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThe people who are willing to do more unethical stuff to make a profit make more of a profit, and become more powerful as a natural consequence, so the problem is with the system that incentives this and brings it to the top
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThen I am confused why you would disagree with the left, that the political philosophy of capitalism, liberalism, is to blame.
Do you think the problem with big companies and rich people is that individual rich people and the CEOs they elect just happen to be bad people?
The people who are willing to do more unethical stuff to make a profit make more of a profit, and become more powerful as a natural consequence, so the problem is with the system that incentives this and brings it to the top
Then I am confused why you would disagree with the left, that the political philosophy of capitalism, liberalism, is to blame.