How Modern life compounds the ancient struggle to belong

3 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by cs702
(current.fas.harvard.edu)

3 Comments

cs702

5 hours ago

Hi, I shared the OP. I don't agree with all the points it expresses, but I found them thought-provoking.

mrhottakes

5 hours ago

Capitalism has effectively destroyed the idea of organic community, again, so that a handful of awful people can have unimaginable wealth. The problem is millions of people have been raised in a bubble built on the assumption that this is a good thing.

cs702

5 hours ago

> The problem is millions of people have been raised in a bubble built on the assumption that this is a good thing.

Please don't attack a straw-man. I've never met anyone who believes extreme inequality is a good thing on its own.

However, I have met plenty of people who believe capitalism, combined with a safety net and democratic institutions, may not be great, but is definitely better than all other alternatives that have been tried in the past. No other system has produced significantly better societal outcomes.