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[โ€“] _____@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

damn you just made some gears spin in my head

I think capitalism promotes "individualism" because the alternative is selflessness which means more money spent for the greater good of society

[โ€“] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

It took a long time, but one day, the term "human capital" finally clicked in my head and I couldn't stop mulling it over until I realized how insanely fucked up it is. What are the humans? Capital. What is the capital? Humans. Human. Capital. And we're so blase about it.