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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by tempsy on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:50PM (#22100607)
That isn’t how capitalism works
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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by Gibbon1 on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:32PM (#22101009)
Why? Seriously why can't capitalism work like that?
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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by tempsy on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:49PM (#22101151)
The capital in capitalism literally refers to using money to make money.
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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by Gibbon1 on Monday January 20, 2020 @02:33PM (#22101466)
You can't make money while destroying things? I think you certainly can. Both in particular and in aggregate.
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