Mayb this is well-known but the main thing people seem to be grappling with is that capitalism is the process of increasing centralization while Darwinism requires decentralization
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Replying to @17cShyteposter
Capitalism is increasing centralization through competition during which a small number of players will outplay the rest and gain effective monopoly on the rewards of the game. The easiest way to outmaneuver this is by changing the rules of the game (new laws / new tech).pic.twitter.com/8gvMIgm91N
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So, continually changing the rules once Capitalist Central Takeover End of History gets too close? I like capital, but there's an obvious flaw in this within a closed system
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The flaw in every closed system is that in the long run the selection process for how systems get run is to tilt entirely towards people good at taking over systems rather than keeping systems functional. The market solves this through competition but ...
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... the market only allows competition when its players don't get cordycepted by the same agents that run the state - which is what has happened to very large degree and is only increasing. Market players are tempting prizes to capture b/c they're better run than demotist states
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Capture some shit-tier government agency and you get a government issued Chevy Volt and a windowless office with energy efficiency fluorescent lighting. *Use* that control to cordycept a Wall St firm and you get a beautiful house and office and private jet.
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