- Capitalism and Alternatives -

Re: remove the profit motive

Posted by: Dan on December 16, 1997 at 17:25:44:

In Reply to: remove the profit motive posted by andy on December 16, 1997 at 11:41:52:

: The most problematic contradiction of capitalism is: production for :short term profit comes way before production for human need. What :happens? a lot of useless things get produced, a lot of :over-production occurs while there still exists 1.2 billion people or :23% of the world that live in absolute poverty. And it's not just bad :luck.

Yes, and over 23% of the world does not live in a Free Market society. You have jumped to an enromous conclusion here. You cant warp the facts to meet your ideas.

: In ever increasing competition (due to capitalism's desire for a :"free" Market), adverts are the front-line for capital investment :battles, with monopolies winning out every time. Sensory overload :becomes a very real problem - even for the basic task of thinking - we :are more increasingly fed our information and thus our consent to the :social & ecological crises unfolding around us is manufactured.

Why do you insult the people you are trying to support? Try education if you think people cant handle advertisements. I want to raise people up not treat them like children by taking away things that I feel are dangerous, but like I've stated before an uneducated public is much easier to control.

: The logical concept of adverts is fine. The motive for high quality :in work remains under socialism so there remains a need to tell people :about it. You remove the profit motive from the equation and adverts :will probably not be so annoying.

There is no motivation for quality work in socialism because there is no return. This can be shown in group dynamics time and time again. Please try and use logic and not leaps of it to support socialism and you'll find that it falls apart every time. As we can see in the world around us.


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