Is there anyone else who thinks that maybe an economic system that systematically incentivizes, rewards & promotes the most heartless & callous, while punishing the most caring & empathetic is probably not the best system?
Cool. I’m not the only one.
Here are some threads that explain exactly how capitalism rewards heartlessness & callousness while punishing empathy:
Markets = The less you care about humans, society & the environment, the more you are rewarded. 1/
Here are some threads that explain exactly how capitalism rewards heartlessness & callousness while punishing empathy:
Markets = The less you care about humans, society & the environment, the more you are rewarded. 1/
This thread explains how markets literally reward us for not caring about our effects on the environment, communities & the earth.
Those who do care & incur those costs are disadvantaged because they have to compete with those who don't. 2/
Those who do care & incur those costs are disadvantaged because they have to compete with those who don't. 2/
Capitalism is a zero-sum game. It undermines our natural empathetic tendencies by pitting us against one another through institutions that *require* us to trample on one another to get ahead.
The most callous move up. Caring people finish last.
The most callous move up. Caring people finish last.
Rather than rewarding people for hard work & effort toward societally valued work, capitalism rewards bargaining power.
Basically, you get what you can take. 4/
Basically, you get what you can take. 4/
Capitalist workplaces are soul-crushing enterprises with the working class bearing the brunt of alienation & indignity.
The dynamics of capitalist workplaces incentivize & reward the managerial & capitalist class for not giving a shit about workers. 5/
The dynamics of capitalist workplaces incentivize & reward the managerial & capitalist class for not giving a shit about workers. 5/
But as a highly social species, empathy was the evolutionary glue that bound us to one another compelling us to look out for one another & take care of each other.
Empathy was our species’ first hope for survival.
It may be our last 6/
Empathy was our species’ first hope for survival.
It may be our last 6/
Capitalism destroys this bond by punishing empathy. The fight against capitalism is the fight for our very humanity.
It's time is up. 7/
It's time is up. 7/
We need an economic system that maximizes fulfillment & potential, rather than profits.
That accounts for our effects on the environment, on our communities & the planet.
That incentivizes our best, not our worst.
That reflects our shared values: 8/
That accounts for our effects on the environment, on our communities & the planet.
That incentivizes our best, not our worst.
That reflects our shared values: 8/
