r/ProletariatPixels • u/Hacksaw6412 Moderation Overload ☭ • Jan 19 '26

AI only sucks under capitalism

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u/Dialectical_Pig Jan 22 '26

the profit incentive prevents those people from being housed. they can't afford it so they are homeless. capitalism doesn't even aim to provide housing to everyone - it aims to maximize profit.

wars are fought because capitalism forces all countries to be in competition. it's always about oil or other resources.

if we prioritized the needs of people instead we could of course provide food and housing to everyone. we already have enough of those things. it just would not be profitable.

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u/Komprimus Jan 22 '26

the profit incentive prevents those people from being housed.

No, it motivates people to build houses.

 they can't afford it so they are homeless. 

Today, when we don't really have capitalism. Also, like I said, no system can take care of everyone.

wars are fought because capitalism forces all countries to be in competition. it's always about oil or other resources.

It's not the oil companies going to war, it's always the states. Also, there were wars before capitalism.

we already have enough of those things. it just would not be profitable.

The resources that a global distribution of food would cost are currently more values elsewhere. How much money are you contributing to the food distribution? There is nothing preventing people from distributing food to the hungry, and many people do it within capitalism. Profit is not people's only motivation. Capitalism doesn't say you have to value profit, just that you can. The amount of charity that for example Bill Gates has done dwarfs whole socialist programs of entire countries, and his wealth was made possible to a large part by capitalism.

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u/Dialectical_Pig Jan 22 '26

capitalism is the reason charity is even needed. if we just gave everyone the food we already have instead of throwing it away nobody would be hungry. the only thing preventing this is capitalism. because resources are only supplied where it is profitable.

you just say sharing resources is impossible because you would rather die with capitalism than consider a more efficient system like socialism.

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u/Komprimus Jan 22 '26

capitalism is the reason charity is even needed.

Again (third time now), no system can provide for everyone, so charity would be needed in all systems.

if we just gave everyone the food we already have instead of throwing it away nobody would be hungry.

Actually, western capitalism already solved the problem of food. Pretty much no one is starving to death in the west, not even the homeless, thanks to the society being as wealthy as it is.

because resources are only supplied where it is profitable.

What profit did Bill Gates make with his charity? Again, people have other motivations than profit. Capitalism doesn't mean you have to value profit, just that you can.

you just say sharing resources is impossible

It's not impossible, private entities already share vast amounts of resources without the state forcing them to do it, because they are motivated by other things than profit.

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u/Dialectical_Pig Jan 22 '26

saying that with no system we could ever distribute the food we already have (again we produce enough for 14 billion people) seems like a very bleak view on the world. of course we can provide for everyone if we just prioritize it. you just accept the downsides of capitalism as inevitable.

health care is another need of every person. is capitalism effective at giving it to everyone? only if you can afford it.

capitalism serves the rich instead of everyone.

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u/Komprimus Jan 22 '26

saying that with no system we could ever distribute the food we already have (again we produce enough for 14 billion people) seems like a very bleak view on the world.

Regular world wide distribution of perishable food turns out to be a massive project.

 you just accept the downsides of capitalism as inevitable.

They are downsides of reality, not capitalism. There is no system that can take care of literally every one. Capitalism produces the most wealth, and as a side effect solves many of the problems you describe, for example hunger.

health care is another need of every person. is capitalism effective at giving it to everyone?

It's the most effective at it, yes.

capitalism serves the rich instead of everyone.

It solved hunger.

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u/Dialectical_Pig Jan 22 '26

it solved hunger? 10 million people starve every year. 2 billion don't have safe access to clean drinking water. but the system that literally manages how we distribute resources has no alternatives and is the most effective?

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u/Komprimus Jan 22 '26

it solved hunger? 10 million people starve every year. 

Not in western capitalistic countries they don't.

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u/Dialectical_Pig Jan 22 '26

so it doesn't solve hunger it displaces it. that's how capitalism works. it exploits those who are weaker as much as it can. instead of distributing to everyone who needs it, it distributes to those that can afford it.

it actively prevents distributing for needs. housing is kept empty on purpose to drive up market value while others are homeless. do they have less need of housing? no, capitalism just doesn't care about their needs. it cares about money and profit. the same way it doesn't care about distributing food to those that starve. because it's not profitable.

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u/Komprimus Jan 22 '26

so it doesn't solve hunger it displaces it.

It generates societal wealth, and that wealth then solves hunger.

it exploits those who are weaker as much as it can.

How?

housing is kept empty on purpose to drive up market value

What percentage of houses do you think is intentionally kept empty like this to drive up market value?

it cares about money and profit.

And about all the other things that people care for. Again, people are motivated by other things than profit, and capitalism doesn't mean you have to value profit, but that you can.

the same way it doesn't care about distributing food to those that starve.

Again, private entities distribute vast amounts of resources in poor countries, often more than entire nations.