• killingspark@feddit.org
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    People following incentives blah-bkah is people being morons. See also “I was following orders” fallacy applied to army

    No? It’s being smart in the system around you. It might be unethical but following the incentives is the easy and profitable option. the incentives are set by the system in which you are living. Capitalism.

    Capitalism strives for something? Niice. And I thought “economic system” does not have any strivings

    I’m not sure where you got this. Economic, or broader, any social system strives for some kind of goal. Otherwise society wouldn’t have implemented them. In the case of capitalism that goal is return on investments.

    Anything has to be enforced because we consistently fail to produce developed and balanced humans. Whatever -ism you try to build around what kind of people we have now, it will fail. So cut the crap about capitalism already

    The idea that there could be “developed and balanced” humans that would just resist the drive for profit that dominates our whole economy is just so flawed. We shouldn’t try to make humans that fit the economic model. We should try to make an economic model that fits the humans we have. And the humans we have largely follow the incentives provided by the system, no matter how unethical the outcomes might be.

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      -being smart my ass, lol (that’s insult to the idea, not you). That is not being smart, that is being stupid life-wise

      • almost any social system is an immature mumbo-jumbo produced and kept in place by idiots. All -isms fall into this category

      • the idea that humans are capable of recognising how life works is flawed in your eyes? Thanks, I end this conversation

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        I mean there is extensive research on the topic of incentives and how powerful they are. But sure you can go on and believe that humans aren’t subject to being manipulated that way. Have a nice day