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marx didn't give the capitalists hell. he just told the truth and they thought it was hell
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Haven't seen any proposal that would reconcile incentives of large number of egoistic actors. This sort of thing simply doesn't exist.
@BlackLaZoR @vonbaronhans you might be egoistic, but don't assume people broadly to be so
Point is every society has significant number of egoistic actors. You can't design a socio-economical system with assumption that everyone will just work for "common good"
@BlackLaZoR the difference is that in a hierarchical system (like capitalism, where capital concetrates), those egoistic people tend to be at the top of society.
Capitalism is a horrible bad solution to dealing with egoistic people
First, Egoist =/= Evil and Altruist =/= Good
Worst criminals of history often justified their crimes with "higher need" or some other noble goal.
Second, it's the best solution that has been proven to work. And it's the best solution because it aligns incentives.