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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

See, above:

In short, people tend to be motivated by profit

Only in a society that commodifies your existence and success based on the wealth you generate/hold Unless we're changing the definition of profit to status

This is what I’m rebutting. So you see, it’s not shifting the goalposts at all. It’s staying on the topic of this comment chain. You trying to claim that humans have been majority peaceable is in fact drifting from the topic. If we’ve been majority peaceable but with plenty of profit oriented violence, that’s all that’s relevant.

The debate is whether profit appears with the advent of modern capitalism. I said people have been raiding each other for profit since the beginning of time. You failed to say anything that invalidates this.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

The initial claim that started this all is that there is not a better system and some rather bold claims about human nature.