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minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down70·24 days agoOne might say it’s better than a system where everyone starve…
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·24 days agoIs that system in the room with us right now? 🙄
minus-squarePlastic_Ramses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·24 days agoWhich system are you speaking of?
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down38·23 days agoSystems without exploitation
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·23 days agoAre you actually arguing exploitation is necessary? That any system treating all people fairly will result in everybody starving? Feel free to let others exploit you, I will keep trying for the fair system
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down27·23 days agoDo you know of example of a thriving human society not based on exploitation?
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·23 days agoDo you think humans can never try something new?
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down23·23 days agoSure they can, but it’s an imaginary future right now…
minus-squareomarfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·23 days agoThis is not the best we can do and anyone who believes it is must have a very defeatist and cynical attitude towards humanity.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoYes, trying something new does require imagining a future where that new thing is going on. Your point?
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·22 days agoThere’s no example of a thriving system not based on exploitation. You might imagine one, people imagine it for thousands of years, but it’s. … imaginary
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·23 days agoWhy would a system without exploitation be worse rather than better? Can you give an example from the real world, or is this hypothetical?
One might say it’s better than a system where everyone starve…
Is that system in the room with us right now? 🙄
Which system are you speaking of?
Systems without exploitation
Are you actually arguing exploitation is necessary? That any system treating all people fairly will result in everybody starving?
Feel free to let others exploit you, I will keep trying for the fair system
Do you know of example of a thriving human society not based on exploitation?
Do you think humans can never try something new?
Sure they can, but it’s an imaginary future right now…
This is not the best we can do and anyone who believes it is must have a very defeatist and cynical attitude towards humanity.
Yes, trying something new does require imagining a future where that new thing is going on. Your point?
There’s no example of a thriving system not based on exploitation. You might imagine one, people imagine it for thousands of years, but it’s. … imaginary
Why would a system without exploitation be worse rather than better? Can you give an example from the real world, or is this hypothetical?