Hi all,

I’m seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I’m wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I’m pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn’t the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I’m happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

  • persolb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    822·
    11 months ago

    I think this conflates capitalism with lack of coordination. We could fix global warming today via regulation. Even if our government was socialist, it would probably still not be curbing emissions due to trying to achieve some other non-capital goal.

    Second, there isn’t any need to falsely imply our species is going to die because of climate change. No model points at that. Billions of people having crappier lives and dying sooner should be enough motivation.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
      331·
      11 months ago

      We’re ~ 5 degrees from mass crop failure and famine, and that’s pretty well documented.

      “Billions of people having crappier lives” is a weird way of describing starvation.

      • persolb@lemmy.mlEnglish
        510·
        11 months ago

        Because the models don’t support your statement.

        Billions WILL have worse lives due to this. A very small subset of that will be because they are on the verge of starving.