DeadWorld@lemm.eeM to BrainWorms@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 day agoCapitalists Should Be Removed From All Our Systems, Not Just Health Carewww.counterpunch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down114cross-posted to: pleasantpolitics@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoWe don’t have capitalism in healthcare. There are “profits” but because the system is not a free market they’re more “spoils” than “profit”. Profit comes when you sell something, and forcing an exchange is not a sale.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoFree market is just a flavor of capitalism. The main goal of capitalism is to give more capital for the capital holders.
We don’t have capitalism in healthcare. There are “profits” but because the system is not a free market they’re more “spoils” than “profit”. Profit comes when you sell something, and forcing an exchange is not a sale.
Free market is just a flavor of capitalism. The main goal of capitalism is to give more capital for the capital holders.