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[+] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] Johanno@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Mhh yes freedom through capitalism. I love the freedom Apple gives me over their device that I bought but don't own. Or when Samsung locks devices in mexico because they can and people in mexico dare to buy used phones.

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[–] Nahdahar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You don't understand, that's for your protection so you can feel safer and even more freedomery

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[–] jlow@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

No because freedom and innovation have nothing to do with capitalism? If anything the opposite?

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[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's sarcasm friend, I know capitalism is basically the opposite of that.

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 6 points 2 years ago

What! You mean I can’t make new things or grow because of financial predators?

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[–] Kase@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Darn, what was I thinking /s

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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

The thing about capitalism is that it DOES promote freedom and innovation. The problem is that continuous innovation is rarely profitable so companies generally won’t bother innovating after a certain point and the text on the reverse side of the freedom coin is “free from consequences”

Capitalism is like… a good start to a much better economic system we haven’t figured out yet.

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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

You're not at all wrong. The problem is now we're all so "bought in" (heh) to capitalism, and the power it has established its so entrenched, that the idea of iterating on it has become so close to literal blasphemy as makes no odds.