fuck the police general

Comparing the two systems:

  1. The motivation for working in Capitalism always exceeds the motivation for working in Communism. In our example, from 2 to 4 days of value more is gained from working in Capitalism vs working in Communism. In the group size of two: 3.5 - 1.5 = 2. In the infinite group size: 3.5 - (-0.5) = 4.
  2. In Communism in the "large group" case, it’s more beneficial to relax than to work, which leads to a massive shortage of values. Capitalism does not have this issue, since its rewards are independent of group size.
  3. For the studious, note the difference in equations for calculating the benefit of working over relaxing in the two systems:
    Communism: (value created in a day's work) / (# of people) - (the extra cost of working)
    Capitalism: (value created in a day's work) - (the extra cost of working)
    The equations are very similar, except in Communism you only receive a fraction of the value you create. This is the source of why in larger groups it becomes more rewarding to relax rather than work.

iaafr what are you posting

excerpts from what i linked here

hm yep. it seems to make such an argument.

you can go ahead and assume i dont have a coherent counterargument because i refuse to make one idc

its just obviously rly fucking dumb to me

it doesnt sound dumb to me. i guess its a cultural issue.

the capitalist propaganda leads to me believe that public institutions are typically less efficient than private ones as a result of incentive compatibility issues. not to say that incentive compatibility issues do not exist in capitalist structures.

Nah, it's nonsensical. Since you can't define a function space nor a mapping of outcomes to R^n, it's clear you don't understand, so I found a nice, very math averse (because it's from an economics course lol) explanation of why you're wrong:

http://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2018/09/18/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-not-a-nash-equilibrium/

And, since you're mapping to R^n, how are you defining your well ordering?

Dude he’s not even gonna open that lonk

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on a completely different level, when i'm in a revolutionary mindset, i question the values of "efficiency" and "production" and the assumption that a system that incentivizes people to pour more of their life into keeping a bunch of arbitrary luxuries in existence and inventing more for their own ability to experience comfort and arbitrary luxuries, is actually a good thing

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Is It Actually A Good Thing That Smartphones Exist And Are Universally Affordable For People?

i mean im cynical as to the prospect of any actually good revolution but this is when we're in an idealistic mindset

pandoras box got opened but just because everybody seemed prosperous in the process of opening it, is that proof that opening pandoras box was worth it?

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("everybody" being bougies n up)

I tried explaining that his conclusions are only true under the framework of capitalism and he ignored it. Instead, he just kept insisting sweatshops are good because they provide employment that wouldn't be there otherwise lmao

capitalism is basically the religion of pursuing arbitrary luxuries and all you have to do to get people into it is make them want those arbitrary luxuries or force them into needing to produce them to survive

We Need A Better Religion Than All The Other Ones

not a commie btw im skeptical of that i'm a neo-zealot who hasnt properly designed my cult yet

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Concepts like socialism and capitalism are stupid

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Change my mind

ive seen a thousand iterations of "communism is bad" "capitalism is bad"

and yea its a bit tiring and boring atp

Same with Democrat and Republican