r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

SMH They suck the joy out of everything

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u/charchavanni 13h ago

Everything is so boring and lifeless now. What went wrong?

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 13h ago

thinking capitalism is where companies compete for the best product at the lowest price.

in reality, it's where companies compete for the cheapest product they can make for the highest price they can sell it for.

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u/kfee12 13h ago

The system isn't capitalism its oligarchal greed that treats you like cattle because you are.

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u/ApprehensiveGate8227 12h ago

Oligarchies are an inevitable outcome of capitalism.

This is what late-stage capitalism looks like. Governments are bought because the people allowed them to be based on some insane idea that the free market benefits everyone.

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u/William_Dowling 11h ago

Just a nuance - the issue here is the end of the Cold War. The moment there was no credible socialist alternative - the 'end of history' - politics had zero incentive to restrain capital.

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u/ApprehensiveGate8227 10h ago

I agree, 100%. That was definitely when the decline accelerated. Huge turning point.