• tweeks@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    But nothing is actually necessary. It depends on what you want to achieve.

    The speed of innovation might have gotten a big impulse by capitalism; I’m not sure if we’d technologically be where we are now otherwise. Of course one could argue that we do not need tech in its current form, which is fair.

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      5 months ago

      But nothing is actually necessary. It depends on what you want to achieve.

      Food, water, shelter, sustainability, those are necessary (as are human rights and an equal, equitable, and just society), commodifying the necessities of existence and survival of the human race to make a handful of people massive amounts of money and power never has been, and never will be, necessary.

      The speed of innovation might have gotten a big impulse by capitalism

      Lmmfao

      https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/08/how-capitalism-stifles-innovation

      I’m not sure if we’d technologically be where we are

      Lmmfao again, thanks

      https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/18/fully-automated-luxury-communism-robots-employment

      Truth is you’ve been brainwashed, by capitalism to think it is a good, necessary, and even natural thing, when in truth it has existed for the tiniest blips in human history (and in its short existence has cost, and continues to cost tens of millions of lives annually, not to mention the health of the planet, and that of the remaining working class), and you’ve been taken in by an appeal to tradition, rather than truth or reality, to ensure you don’t start considering what is outside of the box, or system, you’ve been trapped in since birth.

      And evidently, it’s worked.

      • tweeks@feddit.nl
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        5 months ago

        Wow wow, easy now haha. I don’t think capitalism is good or necessary (although if things in general happen, it’s part of nature in some way).

        I only think it might have sped up innovation, which is also not per se good or bad. But there are probably more possible drivers / factors to that. I know for example that in a communist approach, innovation can be driven by giving the best performing team the lead on architectural decisions. Which is interesting.

        My main point was though that nothing is necessary. I fully support human rights, but on a philosophical level they are not necessary. We just want them to be important, we call them necessary.