• Shanmugha@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wow, do I wholeheartedly thank you for this. Yes, we need something better, and I want to see more of “I think this will work better than what we have, because…”, and not “I think capitalism is bad”. Me personally would have started not with the system but people, buut as long as every aspect of life is going to eventually taken care of, bottom-up or top-down way of getting there does not really matter

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      4 months ago

      I focus on the system rather than on individual people because I believe people ultimately act in their own best interests, and that the system is what defines those interests. If we replaced every politician with someone else, but left the system the same, I don’t think any long-term change would occur.

      Here’s an excellent YouTube video explaining this in more detail. This YouTuber has a whole playlist on political theory and anthropology that I cannot recommend enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2LRn9LM4jY

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        4 months ago

        If something external defines my best interests, I am a fool. Thank you for the link, will definitely watch it