What’s being poured is the phrase “the problem is capitalism” which, in your description, would be the “helpful” salad dressing.
And to answer your question, capitalism.
The one in which the foundation is to grow capital which inherently means there must be devaluation or exploitation within a system to accrue an “excess” of capital.
The one that by its very mechanisms introduces a class strata based on hierarchy and inherently aligns itself to those who would.so division, entrenching the classes of the “haves” and the “have nots” appealing to the selfish nature of humanity and reinforcing other forms of “hierarchy” such as racial divides. (Aka, racism, if it would ever be solved, will never happen under capitalism.)
The one by which it exists in any form such that it aligns with the baser instincts of human selfishness and greed and will inherently reward those of narcissistic or unempathetic tendencies more as they are most willing to exploit both the planet and other humans.
The one that no matter how it is implemented, following its foundational principle of the “freedom to grow capital,” that will seek to remove any guardrails or regulations put in place to limit it as those limit the growth of capital.
Okay, but most of that stuff existed before industrialisation, which the man in the picture would have called pre-capitalist. So, if anything, it’s less clear, now. Were the Romans capitalist? What about the USSR?
Like, this is a great example. Am I any closer to solving any of this? No. Do I understand more than before? Hell no. It really is like being handed some lettuce floating in a bowl of oil.
What’s being poured is the phrase “the problem is capitalism” which, in your description, would be the “helpful” salad dressing.
And to answer your question, capitalism.
The one in which the foundation is to grow capital which inherently means there must be devaluation or exploitation within a system to accrue an “excess” of capital.
The one that by its very mechanisms introduces a class strata based on hierarchy and inherently aligns itself to those who would.so division, entrenching the classes of the “haves” and the “have nots” appealing to the selfish nature of humanity and reinforcing other forms of “hierarchy” such as racial divides. (Aka, racism, if it would ever be solved, will never happen under capitalism.)
The one by which it exists in any form such that it aligns with the baser instincts of human selfishness and greed and will inherently reward those of narcissistic or unempathetic tendencies more as they are most willing to exploit both the planet and other humans.
The one that no matter how it is implemented, following its foundational principle of the “freedom to grow capital,” that will seek to remove any guardrails or regulations put in place to limit it as those limit the growth of capital.
That one. That capitalism. The only one.
Okay, but most of that stuff existed before industrialisation, which the man in the picture would have called pre-capitalist. So, if anything, it’s less clear, now. Were the Romans capitalist? What about the USSR?
Like, this is a great example. Am I any closer to solving any of this? No. Do I understand more than before? Hell no. It really is like being handed some lettuce floating in a bowl of oil.