• Urist@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Wherever there is a need there is potential for exploitation by greed. Of course capitalists without a leash are going to wreak havoc on everything.

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      9 months ago

      Capitalism by definition is about exploiting labor and extracting wealth. Commerce is the ethical application of purchasing goods and services.

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          9 months ago

          Ethical as in it’s goods and services for currency. Ethical in that no one is being exploited actively. Commerce requires legislation.

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          This is how the tankies roll; they want to define the terms of the argument however they want and then expect the rest of us to go along with it.

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              9 months ago

              I think the ethical part may have to do with the following from Wikipedia on commerce:

              The diversity in the distribution of natural resources, differences of human needs and wants, and division of labour along with comparative advantage are the principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges.

              I do not see how the commercial part is necessary for the distribution of goods though and recognize it as the main culprit in making such a system unethical. I.e., supplying needs is good and necessary, however a commercial platform is not.