It was less smug, but I basically received this argument from one of my brothers when I tried to explain that China is (probably) striving towards a future where it’s good enough for capital to do things people need instead of making financial profits.
Edit: I’m always open to the possibility that I’m an idiot, but it really seemed like he had never considered the possibility that resources could be used to directly meet needs. I’m not feeling like I was the one being stupid.
Seems like standard capitalism apologia to me. Just absurd statements about how helping people is actually bad somehow and that society is better off if everyone is suffering. And it’s so far off base from things like basic empathy that it sounds unbelievable, especially when it comes out of people we care about.
It was less smug, but I basically received this argument from one of my brothers when I tried to explain that China is (probably) striving towards a future where it’s good enough for capital to do things people need instead of making financial profits.
Edit: I’m always open to the possibility that I’m an idiot, but it really seemed like he had never considered the possibility that resources could be used to directly meet needs. I’m not feeling like I was the one being stupid.
Seems like standard capitalism apologia to me. Just absurd statements about how helping people is actually bad somehow and that society is better off if everyone is suffering. And it’s so far off base from things like basic empathy that it sounds unbelievable, especially when it comes out of people we care about.