I mean I think the bigger issue here is that he sent a Tesla to space when he could have become the Jesus of our times, and saved hundreds of millions of people from abject poverty and despair.

Ah, I see, I guess we don’t have to consider what liberals think and how they view the world, because after all we possess the objective truth and their opinions don’t matter.

No, I’m literally giving examples of how Adam Smith defined the foundations of capitalism, which both liberals and so-called conservatives normally favor as their preferred economic theory, and how these foundations contrast with a different philosophy favored by different people.

Anyway, I’m done beating a dead horse here.

I’m not making the claim that capitalism optimizes work, it’s the claim that liberals make. I think it’s important to actually study and understand what other people believe, and as I stated before the idea of capitalism does not allow destruction or monopolization of natural resources, or to block others from using natural resources in a responsible manner (which was the core problem with feudalism).

The point is that billionaires are not liberals, and they don’t believe in capitalism.

I’m not arguing whether capitalism is a flawed theory of economics which naturally leads to either fascism, social darwinism, or some third thing. I’m arguing that billionaires actually do believe in social darwinism, which is a different thing than liberalism or capitalism.

Let me try to rephrase this, so that maybe it makes sense. The point I’m trying to make is that social-darwinism is not an extension of capitalism, they’re two different things but with aesthetic overlap.

Capitalism aims to optimize work, by naturally rejecting inefficient ways to do things. The production line wins over the workshop. It’s about things and processes, not about people directly.

Social-darwinism is about rejecting people. To refuse people the space to thrive or reproduce. To push them to the edge of society until they die from exposure or suicide or simply that their bloodline ends when they can’t support their families over the course of generations. Thus the noble classes dominate by right, and whoever is unsuccessful deserves to die and rot.

Alec is awesome. The content he makes isn’t really my cup of tea, but I recognize that that man has some serious game.

I don’t find his videos to be entertaining, but they’re so educational that I watch them anyway.

They use the aesthetics of capitalism to intellectualize and explain why we should not question their supremacy.

In reality, capitalism does not in any way justify monopolization of natural resources, or the large-scale destruction of the environment.

Capitalism is the ideology of thr petit-bourgeoisie, not the actual bourgeoisie. They are just social-darwinists.

Imagine calling someone on the phone, going hello! then putting them on hold…

My sister actually does this. I feel like it should be some sort of prank or social experiment, but I fear it’s not.