The human species has essentially been transformed into a giant machine to generate profit for corporations.

Under capitalism, humanity exists to serve the interests of the corporation. We are all livestock; beasts of burden used to carry margin expansion forward from quarterly statement to quarterly statement. Enjoyment of life has no value other than the extent to which it can be used to increase the net worth of the shareholders.

That’s why everyone’s so unhappy. We’re not living with purpose. We’re not working together to build a better world and a better future, we’re just pulling levers to turn gears to make the arrow line go up on the graph in the conference room. It’s a hollow, pointless way for people to live.

It makes our whole culture vapid and soulless.

Crosspost from https://news.abolish.capital/post/56355

  • Maeve@kbin.earthOP
    3·
    1 day ago

    Social democracy still stomps on the South/Asia/East. I’ll hard nope on that.

    • TimmyDeanSausage @lemmy.world
      23·
      1 day ago

      I don’t think you understand social democracy well enough. The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway all have social democracy. South Asia/East does not. Assuming you’re mostly referring to China, since you referenced dengism earlier, China is an authoritarian regime with a strict class system and unevenly regulated capitalism favoring the authoritarian class at the top. That is the opposite of social democracy.

        • TimmyDeanSausage @lemmy.world
          1·
          1 day ago

          Not sure exactly what you’re referring to. Who told me what?

          Did you start a discussion so you can inaccurately categorize people’s opinions and try to brow beat them when they don’t agree with your false equivalence statements? I’m just telling you what I think would be a good solution. An easy, smooth transfer towards a blend of systems that seem to work well in some Scandinavian countries.

          • Maeve@kbin.earthOP
            2·
            1 day ago

            I’m not sure where you see “browbeat.” I merely noted that social democracy stomps on the South/Asia/East, then you started browbeating and maligning China. No investigation, no right to speak.

            I have learned enough about social democracies enough to know the treats are from brutal exploitation of the people in the aforementioned regions, and followed up with a Greta Thunberg video. So who’s browbeating, who investigated?

            • TimmyDeanSausage @lemmy.world
              1·
              1 day ago

              I’m reeeaaaally not interested in a reddit-style gotcha debate. But, since you seem adamant on persuading me to agree with your opinions; how does social democracy stomp on Asia? How is my assessment of China’s political system wrong?

              Nah, I just don’t click on random links. I’m not familiar with tankie.tube.

              • A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                2·
                3 hours ago

                I think they are refering to the fact that the worldbank and the IMF are keeping poor countries trapped in debt

                • Maeve@kbin.earthOP
                  1·
                  3 hours ago

                  Not to mention resource extraction for a pittance, pollution of the dirt, water, food, low pay often at para/military/governmental complicity, and a host of other wtfery.

              • Maeve@kbin.earthOP
                2·
                1 day ago

                The gymnastics here are worthy of a medal and the projection is 100% Oscar winning. What this says to me is you’re not interested in hearing another perspective, your treats mean more than the lives they squander, especially since they are out of your direct line of vision. The video is also available on Instagram but again, you’d prefer treats to truth.

                Enjoy, I guess.