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Why are folks so anti-capitalist? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by o_o@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I'm seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I'm wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I'm pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn't the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I'm happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

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[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they've never seen well regulated Capitalism nor been educated on it as all we get in the US is Corporate propaganda on Capitalism to justify the hellscape the wealthy make the most money from.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US is a hellscape? Why do we have such immigration pressure in that case? People aren’t immigrating to the US so that they can be elites. They’re immigrating here because the low tier they will have in society is better than their previous life.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Some other places being even more of a hellscape doesn't mean this one isn't.

[–] aDuckk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It also begs the question of why many of those places are worth risking everything to flee from, which western capitalism is typically involved with to a significant degree.