• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    Competition is good for a lot of things, but it also becomes a day-to-day race to the bottom that rewards whoever is willing to sacrifice more of their life for the sake of their job than others.

    The logical consequence is exactly this: we back ourselves into an increasingly uncomfortable corner that leaves less room for living than we could easily enjoy with our current technology.

    • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Competition is essential in almost all (if not just all) human interaction, as its what pushes us to better ourselves and our species. healthy competition has rules in place that all parties know, and if someone is hurt or confused the competition is stopped to assess and adjust if needed, like sports n shit. We forgot to add that to the economy, whoops

      • AsyncTheYeen@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Actually capitalist competition hinder progress, by not allowing humanity to have a goal other than profit