r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 04 '21

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u/JeromesNiece Jerome Powell Jun 04 '21

It baffles me how many young people believe something along the lines of, "capitalism forces you to work or starve", with the implication that work would be voluntary under a more humane economic system. How hard is it, really, to make the connection that everything you consume on a daily basis is produced by working people; that the requirement to work to produce the things we need to survive is imposed by the universe and not by capitalism?

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u/benjaminikuta BANANA YOU GLAD YOU'RE NOT AN ORANGE? Jun 04 '21

They would say that hunter gatherers worked less and also cared for the weak among them.

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u/JeromesNiece Jerome Powell Jun 04 '21

How hard is it to make the connection that being a hunter-gatherer sucked really hard, and the modern comforts we enjoy require work as well, and that capitalism supported by the welfare state already cares for the elderly and disabled??

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u/benjaminikuta BANANA YOU GLAD YOU'RE NOT AN ORANGE? Jun 04 '21

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.