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This week’s Weekly discussion thread will be focused on Capitalism / Economic Systems. Here is the definition we will be using so everyone can use the same terminology. If your argument does not use that definition, we ask that you reframe so that it does so that everyone can work within the same framework.
Here are some questions that should help kickstart things:
- Is capitalism effective? Is it good, or as evil as some Lemmy instances will have you believe?
- Are there better alternatives, and why are they better?
- How could we realistically move toward those alternatives?
- Is there anything you do not understand or would like to discuss about Capitalism / Economic Systems?
The system I propose wouldn’t solve things immediately. Things would more or less stay the same for a while with the same problems and situations we currently deal with.
The change would come over time as more and more people would gain wealth. As they gain wealth, they would become comfortable and as they become comfortable, they would be able to speak up and advocate for change.
Right now most people are worried about just getting by, having enough to eat and making payments … so they never have time to think about how to deal with the world’s problems. They are too busy surviving. If people are given more wealth, they would be less worried about their lives and would have time to think about how to deal with social problems like money laundering. And over time enough informed, motivated and creative people would be able to organize themselves to create groups or elect leaders that would actively do something about problems like money laundering … as well as a host of other social problems.