• algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Capitalism may hold us back in some regards but really helps in others.

    The majority of people would likely be feudal peasants, working under a warmonger family that owns the sustaining land by force. No upward mobility except through bloodshed.

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      1 year ago

      Capitalism optimizes for efficiency. Sadly slavery is terribly efficient in terms of economics. Therefore capitalism needs to be capped by society at certain acceptable limits. Which is called socioeconomics and its not perfect but the best system we have. insert handwavy remark about whatever america is doing here

    • aleonem@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t using them as food just be using them as fuel anyways? The only difference is what you’re going to fuel with them.

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        1 year ago

        came to say this. food is fuel, we are merely labyrinthine biological furnaces that chemically incinerates whatever unfortunate matter may enter us. the fuel’s affluence is not typically relevant, but I’m a little out of touch on the science, I might be wrong.

        • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          It’s not science just precise language. Basically food is a distinct concept because it contains both energy and material to be used by the system. The word for such a mix is “food”.