You’re right, capitalism won’t make the Earth completely uninhabitable. Many mass extinction events have occurred in our planet’s past, and life has always eventually recovered (obviously).

However, capitalism will destroy our planet’s ability to sustain our society, and eventually our species, and it is doing so at an alarming rate. To disagree, at this point, is to ignore an amout of scientific evidence so substantial, it amounts similarly to denying the Earth is round.

It sounds like you’re saying the only way to better a society is to replace all its members with ones who already agree with you. If so, I’m not real sure how to help you. Good luck with that.

Lottery winnings are paid out from a pool of money that’s filled by ticket purchases; every dollar won comes from the pocket of someone who bought a ticket and lost, after the lottery company takes their cut. Even if the winners aren’t exploiting the losers directly, the system itself is exploitative, and any winnings are derived from that exploitation. As the old saying goes, “the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.”

No clue, actually. I know you can sort based on votes, but I’ve never thought about how the main feed works. I’ll have to look it up later, if I can remember

On Reddit, the algorithm that determines which posts appear on the main page is heavily influenced by the number of up/down votes for the post and its comments.

ACAB does not apply to copaganda, by definition.

That’s because it’s morally justified to prioritize the needs of many over the needs of a few.

Psychopaths and sociopaths who dehumanize others deserve to be dehumanized in return. Why should you owe them something they won’t offer you in return?

Have you considered the possibility that only evil people are capable of acquiring that much power and wealth because that much power and wealth is only possible by evil means?

Climate change goes beyond killing each other; it’s killing our planet’s ability to sustain our species.

They have bunkers, they have stockpiles of food and medicine, and they have staff to maintain it all. They fully believe they have the means and resources to insulate themselves from all consequences.