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You don't know what you're doing! (lemmy.world)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Capitalism will ensure you never live a peaceful life.

Isn't a big allure of capitalism the kind-of comfort trap of desiring modern amenities enough to voluntarily engage with the industrial system?

Also, any proper Marxist is going to tell you that capitalism is a fundamental stepping stone to post-scarcity utopian communism. Capitalist mode of production generates the surpluses necessary for the kind of leisure enjoyed by a professional managerial class that ultimately forms a socialist bureaucracy. You don't get your libraries and your hospitals and your trains without a pivot to capitalism.

Also, anyone who has done the proper deep wilderness style campaign can tell you that its anything but peaceful. You're exposed to the elemental whims, your livelihood is predicated on ecological changes beyond your comprehension much less control, and you lack some really fundamental human achievements like modern language, art, and music. Hell, you might not even enjoy the benefit of simple machines like the screw or the wheel.

And that's not even the really attractive achievements. Ask anyone with advanced tetanus or glaucoma how many years of restaurant work they'd be willing to endure for medical relief.