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Capitalism is the paywall of life (feddit.de)
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If they could somehow monetize breathing, they would

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[–] rodhlann@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This is especially relevant for things like lightbulbs, cell phones, cars, etc, which are constructed in such a way that they will only last a certain amount of time, because the other alternative would be a product that never failed, and therefore only needed to be purchased once. True technological advancement would be the perfection of technology, but capitalism would never allow that because it wouldn't be profitable in the long term