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[+] mcgravier@kbin.social -27 points 3 years ago (4 children) Capitalism doesn't push innovation And yet you're writing this from a stupidly complex computer made by capitalistic economic system. Oh the irony. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Redscare867@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 years ago (1 child) Weird, I thought electrical engineers designed those computers but it turns out it was capitalism, because as we all know engineers only exist within a capitalist framework. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Delicious_Tomatoes@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago Computers were a cap--oh, wait. The Internet was--oh wait. Satellites were--oh dang. I guess shitty profiteers capitalizing on subsidized or even fully government-funded inventions is what that commenter means by capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BirdOfSteel@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Just because it was made in a capitalist country doesn't mean it was "made by capitalism". Is someone paying you to be this ignorant? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago Capitalism actively and consistently stifles progress and research. Success in spite of capitalism is not proof of capitalism's success, you look silly making that claim in isolation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorque@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago "You despise the system yet you continue to exist within it, curious..." If you read past the first part of the first sentence of the first paragraph of my comment you may have had a chance to read this thing I said as well: Good can exist in spite of a system, not just because of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redscare867@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 years ago (1 child) Weird, I thought electrical engineers designed those computers but it turns out it was capitalism, because as we all know engineers only exist within a capitalist framework. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Delicious_Tomatoes@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago Computers were a cap--oh, wait. The Internet was--oh wait. Satellites were--oh dang. I guess shitty profiteers capitalizing on subsidized or even fully government-funded inventions is what that commenter means by capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Delicious_Tomatoes@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago Computers were a cap--oh, wait. The Internet was--oh wait. Satellites were--oh dang. I guess shitty profiteers capitalizing on subsidized or even fully government-funded inventions is what that commenter means by capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BirdOfSteel@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Just because it was made in a capitalist country doesn't mean it was "made by capitalism". Is someone paying you to be this ignorant? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago Capitalism actively and consistently stifles progress and research. Success in spite of capitalism is not proof of capitalism's success, you look silly making that claim in isolation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorque@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago "You despise the system yet you continue to exist within it, curious..." If you read past the first part of the first sentence of the first paragraph of my comment you may have had a chance to read this thing I said as well: Good can exist in spite of a system, not just because of it. permalink fedilink source parent