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master-lincolntoday at 11:33 AM3 repliesview on HN

won't happen with capitalism which has an emphasis on economic growth forever...


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carlosjobimtoday at 11:52 AM

Economic growth also comes from getting more for less.

A company can increase their profits by growing and increasing both what they spend and what they earn. But a company can also increase their profits by reducing what they spend without decreasing what they earn. Almost all companies are constantly trying to do this.

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eastboundtoday at 3:25 PM

That’s an error. Most capitalists are against government intervention.

It’s EU socialists who want to raise poor people to the level of consumerism of rich ones. Not capitalists. Capitalists would be happy to let them be poor.

In the EU, it’s trying to help-and-attract poor people by millions which strains the Earth. In the US it’s a special breed of capitalism where the state colludes with rich people to subsidize the big corporations at the detriment of nature and citizen.

victorbjorklundtoday at 11:38 AM

Does the env work better in a communist country like North Korea? Or in the Soviet Union? Or are we gonna do no true Scotsman and say Soviet was always capitalist and had no connection to communism?

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