Investors buy a say in the creations of others, often eventually buying outright control of the creation, which I believe has become it’s primary purpose over time, to control access to … pretty much everything, but certainly the flow of popular information, that thing YouTube originally thrived upon, until Google invested a price no mortal could refuse, turning YouTube into primarily a financial instead of an intellectual space, opening the door to opportunism like Patreon’s.
It is unlikely the problematic approach (in this case, capitalism) will remedy the problems with that approach. So, is there an untried, practical alternative to capitalism? And, on a related note, has socialism had the fair trial it deserves? Has there ever been a State in which the means to produce was collectively owned, paying a material dividend to all equally?
Then, if you’re really open-minded, there’s Jacque Fresco’s idea of a “Resource Based Economy” …
Investors buy a say in the creations of others, often eventually buying outright control of the creation, which I believe has become it’s primary purpose over time, to control access to … pretty much everything, but certainly the flow of popular information, that thing YouTube originally thrived upon, until Google invested a price no mortal could refuse, turning YouTube into primarily a financial instead of an intellectual space, opening the door to opportunism like Patreon’s.
It is unlikely the problematic approach (in this case, capitalism) will remedy the problems with that approach. So, is there an untried, practical alternative to capitalism? And, on a related note, has socialism had the fair trial it deserves? Has there ever been a State in which the means to produce was collectively owned, paying a material dividend to all equally?
Then, if you’re really open-minded, there’s Jacque Fresco’s idea of a “Resource Based Economy” …
“Enshittification” … BRILLIANT! 😅 (*)
(*) just the word “brilliant”, and nothing else. 🙅♂️ lol