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Why are folks so anti-capitalist? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by o_o@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I'm seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I'm wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I'm pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn't the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I'm happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

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[–] webb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

The Fediverse is dominated by hackers, who by their nature are incompatible with existing systems such as capitalism.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

The actual reason in most cases is because they think that abolishing capitalism would benefit them personally. Whether this is true or not is debatable, but that's ultimately beside the point.

[–] Andiloor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Idk people didn't ask for existence so why should they suddenly pay for it

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[–] UnixWeeb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pure capitalism allows many to abuse the system and that results in what we have today here in the us. Overtime politicians have continued to do patchwork to simply get by for the next one to take over and scrap whatever agenda the previous one had in play. Which makes the problems worst and in turn takes longer to address.

We need both legislation and accountability for alot of things but it seems to be impossible to get both of those things. Hell, I dont care that your rich. Just dont bring everyone down with you when you take that one gamble and it causes everything to crash!

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing substantial to contribute ... just wanted to say that I came in here expecting a shit show (maybe I've been on mastodon too much :) ) and am genuinely impressed to see a bunch of polite and good discussion, not least from the OP!!

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