Comment by pasquinelli
3 days ago
> Greed isn't a problem.
you listed
1. buying the cheapest groceries you can reasonably find 2. trying to get the highest salary you can 3. literally any time you try to get more for yourself
that's a weak list from which to conclude that greed isn't a problem, especially since in the case of 1. and 2. someone's making money off you, the person who's supposedly greedy in these scenarios.
The beauty of capitalism is that both parties can benefit from trade.
why did anyone trade prior to capitalism?
Consensual trade between rational actors leads to both of them benefiting. Before capitalism, the ideology which focused on property rights and individual freedoms didn't really have a name...
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