There is no American dream.
Only American nightmare.
"Capitalism rewards innovation!"
Submitted 19 hours ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Like most dreams, it doesn’t make sense when you think about it.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
“It’s called the American Dream because you need to be asleep to believe it” -George Carlin
meow@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
Technically…
A nightmare is a sort of dream…
PugJesus@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Explanation: Nikola Tesla was a prolific and wildly influential inventor of the early 20th century AD. He also was in constant dire financial straits despite not having any major expensive vices (other than inventing), because, unlike his contemporary Thomas Edison, Tesla was not adept at maneuvering business deals (and certainly not with the cutthroat ruthlessness that Edison displayed - several times at Tesla’s expense).
Capitalism is better than feudalism because it rewards a wider range of intellectual ability and success than feudalism does… but that range still does not include innovation. You wanna be paid for your innovation in a capitalist system? Better have a lawyer and a business agent on hand as soon as you get out of the patent office. :/
Venat0r@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
You also need money or to find an investor to pay for marketing, just because something is innovative doesn’t mean people will want it until you tell them they want it.
PugJesus@piefed.social 18 hours ago
I considered that part of having a business agent on hand to make those deals and connections, but yes.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 12 hours ago
That’s why we need guilds.
M137@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
“tHe AlTeRnAtIvE cUrReNt SyStEm”
How the fuck do you get that wrong?
dovahking@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Technically, AC is the alternative current system for DC.
PugJesus@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Original meme maker probably had autocorrect on.
winkly@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I thought AC stood for Alternating Current
offspec@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
It does
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
This is the alternative meaning.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
At the time, it was also an alternative system, since DC was the standard
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
guess who this is: fucks underage children, gives his wife a bad std and still one of the richestest people in history, burn the whole fucking system down
luciole@beehaw.org 8 hours ago
Capitalism rewards capital.
BanMe@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Destined to fall in love with the common pigeon, still died alone. Man was full of contradictions.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 hours ago
Nobody would fund his crazy idea of free electricty for all, since there was no return on that investment. Capitalism is why we don’t have free unlimited energy.
humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Some one write a children’s book…
America Lies and Your Future Dies
Including:
Innovation is promoted by capitalism
America was founded on the idea of Religious Freedom
Work hard and succeed
We made a deal so walk Natives
The rule of Law and the death of dissenters…
Any others you’ve shaken off from your childhoods?
Zerush@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Good inventions in capitalism has their first use for killing people
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Both Tesla and Edison (who was a scammy capitalist, but got fucked over anyway). Both of them died poor.
So we can use this as an argument when someone says “It’s just because your skill isn’t actually valuable”.
No, your community isn’t valuable, and I am wasting my value on you.