Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

Humans aren’t inherently selfish, brutal, or greedy. They’re self-interested, which is completely different. It’s good to have systems that harness self-interest for the benefit of others. Systems without proper incentive structures tend to have worse outcomes for the very people they’re intended to help.

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Anonymous #2 3w

Ok well the incentive structure for capitalism is to work hard enough to escape capitalism so that may kind of tell you how people really feel about it. Are people not self-interested in improving their communities through volunteer work already? Why are they doing that with no profit incentive?

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

The US has the more immigration than any country in the world. People are much more likely to work to come to predominantly capitalist countries than to leave.

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

I think you’re misunderstanding how economists use the idea of profit. It doesn’t only mean money, it means any net benefit or utility gained. By volunteering, you’re still acting in self-interest by pursuing non-monetary rewards like satisfaction, meaning, or the good feeling that comes from helping other people.

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Anonymous #2 3w

Then why not create a system incentivizes this sort of self-interest? And yeah when considering how destroyed much of the world is, obviously people with no better options would flock here. This is not a win for America, in fact it is a clear symptom of how capitalism underdevelops and exploits other poorer (and usually majority nonwhite!) nations. The gusanos are a really funny example to draw on though

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

Because that type of self-interest is not as consistently strong of an incentive. Some people are more generous than others, and even generous people get worn down when things get difficult or when they’re asked to help too many strangers with no additional personal material gain. It also fails the economic calculation problem because it doesn’t create the production signals that a free market does.

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Anonymous #2 3w

The free market production signals are dogshit

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

The poorest countries have, in general, become much less poor which doesn’t really fit with your narrative.

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

Congratulations on discovering the Baumol effect. The fact that services rise in price faster than goods is a sign that wages are rising which is a good thing. I’d also note the role the government has had in creating poor incentive structures in the areas highlighted on that graphic.

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Anonymous #2 3w

“These people are now slightly above the international poverty line! Ignore the fact that Europe and the Americas are very clearly doing better!”

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Anonymous #2 3w

Wages are not rising. Inflation has outstripped progress there for years. They are actually falling as purchasing power does. Get real

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

The majority of cuban refugees were not gusano’s. It’s funny that you uncritically parrot castro’s propaganda though.

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

Wages are quite literally rising faster than inflation. This is directly from the census.

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

What do you care about? Eliminating poverty or eliminating inequality? Would you rather the entire world be equally poor?

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Anonymous #2 3w

Oh my god YOU’RE THE SAME FUCKING GUY

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

I’m not sure what lesson you’re teaching me. You’re just declaring that incomes haven’t risen faster than inflation while handwaving away the data from the US Census that contradicts your narrative.

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Anonymous #2 3w

“Wages are rising faster than inflation. Why doesn't it feel that way?” (Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY; Feb. 12, 2025)

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Anonymous boariskarloff 3w

None of this refutes anything. Its obviously true that a median or mean will not reflect everyone’s individual experience and that some prices rise faster while others rise slower or fall. The majority of Americans however, can afford more now than they could in the past. That remains true.

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