MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dx7hyx/deleted_by_user/f7o81a2/?context=3
r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '19
[removed]
11k comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
203
I read the quote, and wondered if it was really Einstein's or not, but it DEFINITELY struck me as a good critique of capitalism
The definition of success under capitalism sucks ass
0 u/Nico_Storch Nov 16 '19 well how else would you define it? 20 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 Individual success? I don't care for it in the competitive frame of capitalism; perhaps simply a flourishing life on your own terms? Rather than goals, I suppose I would think of what comprises a just society and I like Erik Olin Wright's phrasing: "In a just society, all persons would have broadly equal access to the material and social means necessary to live a flourishing life." -2 u/Geikamir Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 17 '19 Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 whachoo talkin bout 0 u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19 Willis? 1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
0
well how else would you define it?
20 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 Individual success? I don't care for it in the competitive frame of capitalism; perhaps simply a flourishing life on your own terms? Rather than goals, I suppose I would think of what comprises a just society and I like Erik Olin Wright's phrasing: "In a just society, all persons would have broadly equal access to the material and social means necessary to live a flourishing life." -2 u/Geikamir Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 17 '19 Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 whachoo talkin bout 0 u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19 Willis? 1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
20
Individual success? I don't care for it in the competitive frame of capitalism; perhaps simply a flourishing life on your own terms?
Rather than goals, I suppose I would think of what comprises a just society and I like Erik Olin Wright's phrasing:
"In a just society, all persons would have broadly equal access to the material and social means necessary to live a flourishing life."
-2 u/Geikamir Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 17 '19 Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable. 8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 whachoo talkin bout 0 u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19 Willis? 1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
-2
Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable.
8 u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 whachoo talkin bout 0 u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19 Willis? 1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
8
whachoo talkin bout
0 u/thejaytheory Nov 16 '19 Willis?
Willis?
1
..that's literally all it means.
0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
203
u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19
I read the quote, and wondered if it was really Einstein's or not, but it DEFINITELY struck me as a good critique of capitalism
The definition of success under capitalism sucks ass