• BranBucket@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I feel that the majority of innovation occuring in modern capitalism is confined to two key areas:

    1. Regulatory capture and market control.

    2. New ways to mindfuck people into overpaying for goods and services.

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      8 months ago

      So like video games, cars, slap bracelets, chicken fries, winnebegos, movies, music, none of that’s “innovation” under capitalism? Just the antisocial types? Nobody’s come up with anything interesting under capitalism?

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      8 months ago

      The entire country has incentivized its top minds to developing ad tech bullshit. Like literally our astrophysicists are working at Stitch Fix instead of doing astrophysics.

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        8 months ago

        I help setup ad placement TVs for resort style businesses.

        Studied theoretical astrophysics and astro xenobiology as a double advanced major…

        My boss used to brag he managed to get the astronaut in his team so, I am useful for facts and puzzles.

        God I hate my existence.