• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a resident of a state where deer kill more people than the mountain lions we eradicated ever did, this rings true.

    Along that line, you could argue that capitalists perform a similar function in economic ecosystems, exploiting the poor and swallowing up the weak. But then human society isn’t built to create an efficient profit mechanism. It exists to provide safety, cooperation, discovery, and the betterment of all humankind. Nobody needs to suffer at the hands of the economic predators.

    • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      For that to be true then generational wealth wouldn’t be a thing.

      If everyone truly started at 0 and only those with better “genes” rose up, then you should argue it’s at least “fair”.

      But even that is inhumane by many standards.