Capitalism needs metaphysics in order to be either coherently reconcilable with ethics or self-consistent as a program of valuation.
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Capitalism is both a terrible justification for a dominance hierarchy, and a terrible basis for a prestige hierarchy.
I would like to find whatever is closest to Capitalism that can be used as a sound basis for prestige heirarchy.
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A monk is someone who renounces the force economy and the monetary economy in order to optimise their position in the prestige economy.
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Capitalism is a terrible basis for a prestige hierarchy precisely because involvement in the money economy is anti-prestigious. And using an advantageous position in the money economy to influence the prestige economy is anti-prestigious in the extreme.
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