https://archive.is/2022.02.06-213241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/wealth-is-knowledge-information-economics-industry-computers-george-gilder-capitalism-musk-zuckerberg-11644175297

Another paradox is the belief that entrepreneurs like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are driven by greed despite capitalism’s charitable characteristics.

  • Sum [any]
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    3 years ago

    development of higher communism is the movement from overcoming the tyranny of man to overcoming the tyranny of nature

    Shouldn't it be the reverse? Feudalism and capitalism overcame the tyranny of nature through technology and organization. Communism - especially higher communism - then overcomes the tyranny of capitalism - of man.

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      If the historical role of capitalism was to overcome the tyranny of nature then I think we can conclusively say it has failed in that task

      ……looks like it’s up to the commies to overcome both nature and man

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Overcoming the tyranny of nature in the same way the French overcame the tyranny of the aristocracy