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I surely hope so. Capitalism was never intended to be lasting.
Never intended by whom? There’s no immortal, unseen planner behind the 400+ years of capitalism’s historical unfolding.
people don't seem to understand that the profit motive has never been the driving force of capitalism.
capitalism is at it's most base level is just private property rights and it still works exceptionally well.
the lie that was sold to the public may be dying but capitalism isn't going anywhere.
people don’t seem to understand that the profit motive has never been the driving force of capitalism.
Is this a joke?
The M-C-M' profit motive is self-evidently the driving force. Just ask literally any member of the capitalist class.
capitalism is at it’s most base level is just private property rights and it still works exceptionally well.
Yes, and not just any kind of property, but specifically the means of production. And it does work well, but not for everyone, specifically for the bourgeoisie, who are the ones who own said private property. It doesn’t work well for the proletariat, and it works less and less well for them as private ownership continues to consolidate to a smaller and smaller circle of wealthier & more powerful billionaire oligarchs.
Why would a system that cares about profit hire middle managers?
it's the power struggle. always has been. the implication is always that the system is working for those in power or it would be changed.
Have you never worked for a corporation? Yes some middle management is useless but there is always the one guy that’s actually doing beneficial things. Besides you need a layer of slaves under your upper management so that you can do illegal things without repercussions and just fire some middle management. That’s all capitalism is, 100% profit seeking
Why would a system that cares about profit hire middle managers?
Obviously because the company owners believe that hiring those middle managers will increase profits. This is like Business 101-level stuff.
Who wants to directly deal with those peasants?