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NoOneMan

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21. Capitalism is a symptom
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:58 PM
Oct 2012

In a social democracy (what the US is basically) is the goal to make people breed less and consume less? No, but rather, the focus is simply how the wealth generated via production is distributed (labor is rewarded over capital).

Socialism is a gentler, friendly car than capitalism. Both are headed over the cliff at different speeds.

The problem isn't about the political and philosophical institutions that civilization creates, but rather civilization itself, which is bent on mindless and infinite growth.

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