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If you can't even make a buck torching the planet so people don't have to write their own emails, how do you live? angery

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[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 49 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Why are we doing this then????

I hate capitalists so much. It’s not just that they’ll do anything to maximize profits. Honestly that would be much easier to deal with than what they actually do.

In reality they’re really fucking stupid as well as being selfish. It’s why they strip the copper out of the walls rather than allow a profitable company to just continue. It’s why they burn their profits chasing dream products that will never turn a profit and have immense costs.

Like holy shit just go do something else with that money! Start a restaurant! Yes almost all restaurants fail but that still gives you a better chance of turning a profit than this!

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

The entire tech industry is just a casino for VCs and they're gambling with the future of all life on earth

[–] grey_wolf_whenever@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this yeah, tech is addicted to the level of growth it used to have and its hit a ceiling for actual usefulness so now its going to be all crypto/nfts/ai until time ends

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if it hit this ceiling because there are no more public projects being developed (personal computer, internet etc.) that it could privatize and profit off of and now we're seeing these shitty solution driven technologies that aren't solving any real problems

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's the problem with privatizing everything: you can no longer steal from the commons.

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The push for space exploration makes a lot of sense

Too absurd for words, really lmao

Most people think, “Wow space exploration to learn about the deepest and most hidden secrets of our universe to advance our collective knowledge? Of course I’m down for that !”

And Wall Street ghouls and porky-happy just see another way to make the line go up.

“The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money”

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