GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCapitalism is worse. Kings were chosen by accident of birth. CEOs are chosen through a contest where the most inhuman psychopath wins.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down124
arrow-up1485arrow-down1external-linkCapitalism is worse. Kings were chosen by accident of birth. CEOs are chosen through a contest where the most inhuman psychopath wins.lemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down8·1 month agoYeah sort of, in the sense of the classes being so far apart. And nepotism hires can feel like hereditary rule. But companies don’t generally go to war with each other. The comparison falls apart if you think about it too hard.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoPepsi v Cola Coca Cola Death Squads Shell African Village Clearances Banana Republics Coal wars Sheep wars … And if you want to know how bad it gets without guardrails look up any East Indies Company or West Indies. They literally had militaries and fought literal battles for control of markets and resources.
Yeah sort of, in the sense of the classes being so far apart. And nepotism hires can feel like hereditary rule.
But companies don’t generally go to war with each other. The comparison falls apart if you think about it too hard.
Pepsi v Cola
Coca Cola Death Squads
Shell African Village Clearances
Banana Republics
Coal wars
Sheep wars
…
And if you want to know how bad it gets without guardrails look up any East Indies Company or West Indies. They literally had militaries and fought literal battles for control of markets and resources.