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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by pixl97 on Friday October 27, 2023 @04:17PM (#38043362)
You seem to be conflating "systems values" versus "People in the systems values"

Capitalism works best with a non-authoritarian government, but that leaves a lot of different options for implementing how that is handled.

Individual capitalists will almost always push for some of authoritarianism as they become more successful because they will seek to minimize competition.

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Re:The Slow Death of Authenticity in an Attention Economy by robertlagrant on Friday October 27, 2023 @06:23PM (#38044776)
> You seem to be conflating "systems values" versus "People in the systems values"

How so?

> Individual capitalists will almost always push for some of authoritarianism

Lots will push the other way, because that keeps the engine running smoothly. This is sometimes called "people thinking they're temporarily embarrassed millionaires", but really it's "people knowing the best way (on average) to invent a better future".

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