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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
But painting it all as the developer wanting to help the communities and keep people working - is disingenuous.
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This is a straw man fallacy.
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Please stop. No one said the developer is doing things for only altruistic reasons, which is what you imply. That’s just silly.
The profit motive of capitalism does come with altruistic benefits. It has brought much of the world out of extreme poverty. Is it perfect? No, it has blemishes certainly. But other systems have performed worse.
It’s a time to celebrate. We live in the most prosperous and healthiest time in human history.
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
It isn't sustainable. At some point, the structure will crumble.
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Nonsense. This is a similar argument that capitalism is not sustainable and will kill the planet. The argument is often made by anti-capitalists with socialist leanings. Again, capitalism has blemishes but things are very unlikely to collapse.
For those who want to learn more about whether capitalism is sustainable, here is a (long) lecture from a Duke University professor.
https://youtu.be/6dVSOIiO_U8
(I suspect that cherry picked counter examples are about to come.)