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[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 68 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But have you considered the following:

Capitalism good because freedom and innovation.

Bet you feel dumb now.

[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I bet OP posted this using an iphone, I am very ismart vuvusela

/s

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mhh yes freedom through capitalism. I love the freedom Apple gives me over their device that I bought but don't own. Or when Samsung locks devices in mexico because they can and people in mexico dare to buy used phones.

[–] Nahdahar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You don't understand, that's for your protection so you can feel safer and even more freedomery

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No because freedom and innovation have nothing to do with capitalism? If anything the opposite?

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's sarcasm friend, I know capitalism is basically the opposite of that.

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago

What! You mean I can’t make new things or grow because of financial predators?

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Darn, what was I thinking /s

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The thing about capitalism is that it DOES promote freedom and innovation. The problem is that continuous innovation is rarely profitable so companies generally won’t bother innovating after a certain point and the text on the reverse side of the freedom coin is “free from consequences”

Capitalism is like… a good start to a much better economic system we haven’t figured out yet.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're not at all wrong. The problem is now we're all so "bought in" (heh) to capitalism, and the power it has established its so entrenched, that the idea of iterating on it has become so close to literal blasphemy as makes no odds.