> The machine demands efficiency no matter how many lives it consumes.
Aside from typical drivel, what evidence do you have of lowered quality of life compared to other modes of economic structure? Of all the economic systems in the world, capitalist societies have had life expectancy (from birth, age 10, age 20, etc.) trend upwards. Famously, the Soviet Union dropped life expectancy in a time of peace, as did East Germany.
The US of A is known for its individualism in stark contrast to many other societies, so you're going to have to prove a lot with this statement:
> the profit motive distorts and chews up any moral precepts of any individual
If citizens have little or no influence on their government it might be better not to horrify them with... shall we say... reality(?) If all we have is poisonous water for you then you can just drink it without knowing what is in it.
If we are going to do some kind of democracy we need you to have access and/or exposure to the full horror of the situation.
The market machinery needs a good definition of profit. If it must all be measured in one unit we can do that, money, gold, sea shells or quality of life, it doesn't really matter to the game.
We ironically build the proverbial hospital then go look for ways to profit from it. It follows that treatment must be as expensive as possible in order to maximize profit. You could consider the hospital the profit.
If we are going to modify your reality for you then your opinion is anything money can buy and we wont have the advantages of totalitarianism either.
There would be no difference between building or bombing hospitals. It would just be a matter of which is more profitable.
Other models of economic structure is a fun topic but we are not in a position to do it. We might want to rewrite it in Rust but the best we can hope for is some small modifications, close some of the worse bugs. It is hard to let the imagination run wild if it's not going to happen.
What evidence do you have that the sensor(human experience) is adequate to detect incremental or longterm change?
We could literally nuke the entire planet and 30 years later have a generation for which cancer, long winters and ruined before time cities are normal. The species sucks at perceiving reality
Aside from typical drivel, what evidence do you have of lowered quality of life compared to other modes of economic structure? Of all the economic systems in the world, capitalist societies have had life expectancy (from birth, age 10, age 20, etc.) trend upwards. Famously, the Soviet Union dropped life expectancy in a time of peace, as did East Germany.
The US of A is known for its individualism in stark contrast to many other societies, so you're going to have to prove a lot with this statement:
> the profit motive distorts and chews up any moral precepts of any individual