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Capitalism is a having a burger delivered to your door in minutes but dying because you can’t afford medical care.
@aral dying is guaranteed everywhere, the burger isn't
@gary_alderson The last six words of the sentence would like to have a chat.
@aral @gary_alderson
Nah brah, death just happens, no one knows why, can't explain it, ain't no way to hold it off, it's just a thing ya do ya know? :V
@BigBadDog @aral @gary_alderson
Bots can't do sarcasm. :V
@aral capitalism: by seeking increasing profit, free markets converge to satisfy the needs of the people efficiently
everyone who has ever programmed a gradient descent: no it fucking doesn't
@elrohir @aral Speaking as someone in a country where privatisation of the water has led to the water companies investing absolutely nothing in fixing the infrastructure, pumping sewage into rivers on such a scale that cocaine can be detected in the water, taking loans to finance dividends to shareholders and wanting to raise prices by 40% for that, I find those sorts of claims about the free market being more efficient utterly ridiculous
@matthewbdaly @aral @elrohir it’s way more efficient at the thing it’s trying to do.
Regrettably that isn’t delivering safe water and sewage services to residents - it’s extracting profit
@matthewbdaly @elrohir @aral
Personally, I'd replace 'utterly ridiculous' with 'a lie', or 'a complete lie'.
@aral
Specifically, the guy delivering it dying.
@aral Now introducing Uber Health!
@aral You guys have a door?
@aral on the other side: I love capitalism because you can just buy the solution for every problem or issue you have.
Feeling down? Buy the solution.
Not enough time? Buy the solution.
Not healthy? Buy the solution.
Feeling ugly? Buy the solution.
All these problems and the solutions are just a few (or a lot) bucks away. So easy...
/s
@marcusdeh @aral
**Commodity Fetishism**:
Capitalism's exploitative tendencies are obscured through the fetishization of commodities which obscures the proletariat's labor underpinning the goods and renders human needs as purchasable items.
@aral capitalism is like having diabetes but unable to live past the age of 25 cause you can't afford health care or the insulin
@aral In the US, maybe.
If you can't afford healthcare you really shouldn't waste money using delivery apps though.
@contrarianism101 Wow. You really put the douche in douchebag.
Or you can't see a GP easily
@zleap Yep. Welcome to Ireland.
#FBPE @aral Doesn't actually work in the USA though.
All those bankruptcies from medical bills!!
Properly functioning capitalism would have heard of something called "credit control", and wouldn't provide service to people who can't pay, and wouldn't end up with bankruptcies.
@aral German neolibs favourite wording is "der Markt regelt - the market regulates. But forget, that it does not regulate in favour of the people but in favour of the market. Some big pharma company reduce production of medication, that does not produce enough money for the shareholders.
@aral No that's just American.
@aral *. Only if one resides in a capitalist state that does not provide free emergency care. Or reduced rate medical care. Or free medical care.
@aral capitalism despises the common good, while using "common good" as a marketing tactic. It's insidious.
@aral
Oh wow, that's a hell of a comparison...
15 toothpaste options. No dental coverage.
@aral I'd say it's USA capitalism, mostly
@aral You forgot, that the burger will have the optimum in bad meat in it, to maximize profits for the producer. Just not enough to kill you or trigger liability, but enough to minimize costs.
I mean animal proteins are animal proteins, no matter if they come from premium imported Japanese beef or maggots, right?
@aral
Capitalism is parts of a healthy society missing because they don't make anyone any money.
@aral Mainly in the U.S.A #aussiemedicare
@aral@mastodon.ar.al only Americans. Everywhere else figured this out quite some time ago.
America explicitly chooses to have the stupidest system humanly possible
@aral Request insert "of diet and stress" between "dying" and "because" to put a finer point on it.
@aral And the side of fries was cooked in week old lubricant, necessitating the care in the first place.
@aral Having a burger delivered is commerce, which is a good thing. Not being able to afford health care is a multi-tier problem involving government policies but also the inability of people to prioritize health over superfluous spending.
I know people who complain about health care costs but gladly buy every new version of an iPhone.
Capitalism is a result of unchecked consumerism, not commerce.