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tirantlast Tuesday at 11:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

Capitalism does not decide anything. Capitalism allows individuals to take decisions in a free market.

If you want to complain about selfishness then do it on selfish individuals, which by the way, are present in all types of economic systems.


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hackyhackylast Tuesday at 1:01 PM

> Capitalism allows individuals to take decisions in a free market.

Capitalism provides a set of incentives that shape how people make decisions. Anyone can be selfish, but selfishness in capitalist society has a particular shape. To ignore the external incentives when looking at human behavior is horribly naive and shortsighted, but is frequently done by capitalism-apologists who seek to disregard any criticism of their favorite incentive system.

goatloverlast Tuesday at 12:57 PM

Which includes SCOTUS recognizing corporations as persons.