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inb4 "commie", "tankie", "free market", "freedom" etc.

Let's not mince words here, communism has fucked up a lot of people and authoritarianism has primarily manifested in communist societies. It's sickening that there are people who call themselves Maoist, because that son of a bitch destroyed hundreds or thousands of years worth of Chinese artifacts and buildings in an effort to totally militarize China and cement his legacy as a great leader who rose China to new heights of military aggression. The man destroyed centuries worth of Chinese history and replaced them with rifles and grenades, and it was this "industrial revolution" that arguably paved the way for China's sweatshop culture, not to mention the authoritarian way that China's government keeps an eye on the population. Mao Zedong is a piece of shit, and any fluff talk about the greater good that came out of his mass-murdering mouth was to keep people in poverty while he lived in luxury, like any despot - including that fat fuck Kim Jong Un.

So yes, communism bad. Don't get me wrong here.

But the thing about capitalism is that it relies on permanent growth. For a business to succeed and thrive, it's expected to do more and more business every year. By trading on the stock market, anyone with the money can buy a bunch of stocks in your company and become a shareholder, at which point they can have some sway in how you run your company. And of course, as a shareholder, you want the company to become more successful so you make more money. So when a company's earnings dip, shareholders bail or get angry, which might make them sell their stock, which might lower the price of your stock and make your company less profitable, which means you need to keep making more and more money unless you want to risk tanking your company.

But the thing is, resources are limited. We could create an unlimited amount of wood, but it's time consuming and companies need it now to make their products and make money. Coal and oil are not renewable, but we'll still dig gaping craters into the earth looking for it, even if it means polluting drinking water for tens of thousands of people. In Australia, the government gave an Indian coal company permission to open a coal mine right next to the Great Barrier Reef - the run-off from this mine will probably be the nail in the Reef's coffin. All in the name of short-term profits.

And for what? To stockpile the most amount of money? To be the most successful company ever? What is the end goal? Why do companies like Disney grow and grow in the name of profit, accumulating billions of dollars in revenue - where does the money go?

Capitalism isn't sustainable. Companies can't grow infinitely, resources can't last forever and there's only so much money in the world to be locked away behind the doors of a megacorporation. Capitalism is designed to collapse, the only question is when it's going to fail and who's gonna be holding the rope when it happens.

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