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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 26 Oct 2019
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    Half of these critiques are “broken mechanism, does not work as advertised” critiques The other half is “works as advertised, and morally flawed by design” critiques If you are critical, do you think capitalism is “broken because it is evil” or “evil because it is broken”?https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1188151423835365376 …

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    What’s your best 1-tweet mic-drop critique of western-style capitalism?
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      2. Karl Alex Pauls  🏠 🌹‏ @KarlAlexPauls 26 Oct 2019
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        Evil because it is broken. There is no inherent moral hazard in quantifying barter.

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      3. scandi crime show overhead tracking shot‏ @DavidRalin 26 Oct 2019
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        This.

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      1. ZuperZan‏ @zuper_zan 26 Oct 2019
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        The problem with capitalism is it works too well and we end up wealthy and arguing on Twitter about it.

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      1. Dorian Taylor‏ @doriantaylor 26 Oct 2019
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        archaic language used to describe phenomena that have outgrown it

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      1. Stotting Ungulate‏ @suck_macaque 26 Oct 2019
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        I would say it's more like 'Evil, but working as intended.'

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      2. Pirates sleep soundly‏ @Wit_recycler 26 Oct 2019
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        Evil bc it isnt perfect

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      3. Thomas Lisλnkie  💻 🌱‏ @TomLisankie 26 Oct 2019
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        Replying to @Wit_recycler @vgr

        Do you think most things in life are evil then? Lol

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      1. conrad 🌱‏ @vendaval 26 Oct 2019
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        less broken than feudalism, but it is evil

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      1. brent bailey‏ @hellagrapes 26 Oct 2019
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        more broken because evil - follows cycles of being repaired and then breaking down again, doesn't seem to be a permanent fix for it. and most eras of "good" upkeep still relied on exploitation of significant portion of population

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      1.  🅱🅴🅽‏ @ben_mathes 26 Oct 2019
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        Not evil but very imperfect. “Except for all the rest...”

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