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Re:Was WeWork Ever Going to Work? by pytester on Saturday October 05, 2019 @01:56PM (#21166926)
>Imagining a capitalist system composed of all rational actors, this problem would disappear completely.

Yes, because it's pretty easy to imagine a functioning social system based upon people not being people.

>that's expecting too much of capitalism.

That irrational behavior in the wasteful allocation of resources doesn't generate a negative feedback loop that causes even more waste?

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Re:Was WeWork Ever Going to Work? by solipsism on Saturday October 05, 2019 @02:34PM (#21167133)
That irrational behavior in the wasteful allocation of resources doesn't generate a negative feedback loop that causes even more waste?

Who said it didn't? I think you're missing my point. The irrational behavior is a flaw. But it's not fair to call it a structural flaw of capitalism. The flaw is prior to capitalism. It's like saying toilets are flawed because people piss on the seat.

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