☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Share Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoWhen capitalism makes a phonelemmy.mlimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up186
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months ago“Capitalism is when companies piss me off.” I swear you should have to prove some minimum-level understanding of a term before being allowed to use it.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI read it as profit maximization is a perverse incentive that doesn’t achieve what people promoting capitalism claim.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123linkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoNo its when profits are more important than the customers a company claims to serve, under capitalism companies are incentivised to make products that dont last.
“Capitalism is when companies piss me off.”
I swear you should have to prove some minimum-level understanding of a term before being allowed to use it.
I read it as profit maximization is a perverse incentive that doesn’t achieve what people promoting capitalism claim.
No its when profits are more important than the customers a company claims to serve, under capitalism companies are incentivised to make products that dont last.