Originally Posted by
revol68
This is exactly correct, and on the other hand if it ****s it leads to economic slow down, less jobs.
But even when it runs smoothly, so what, it creates more jobs, brilliant, whoppe doo, just what we need more jobs, more ways of keeping the accumulative cycle going. Yep lucky us, more work to be done, more call centres, more production of things we don't need. Hey maybe we'll get Mach 20's before we've raped the world of all resources and are living under the sea from global warming.
This is exactly the point, capitalism doesn't create jobs and things on the basis of actual human needs but on the basis of accumulation, on what can turn a profit. Ole Mr Nike doesn't make overpriced trainers cos he loves them, or has a passion for them, he does so in order to accumulate.
There's tonnes of work needing to be done all around the world, yet the simple fact is it's not profitable, no one is hiring for these. You will however find a sudden need to call people up at teatime and try and pimp them another credit card. Hey no worries, got to keep the treadmill running.