Tech’s broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap::Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. From video streaming to ride-hailing and cloud computing.

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    1 year ago

    Even well-regulated capitalism strives for this and somehow manages to achieve it. It is the nature of capitalism.

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      It is in the nature of power. Reducing this to a particular economic system is nearsighted.

      Every social system with a power dynamic (i.e. a system with two or more people in it) is vulnerable to power abuse. Power blinds, blindness strips powerful of perspective, decisions made without good information drunk-walk towards ruin.

      The only common thing is the fact that it’s the average Jane who suffers first and whose rage ends up counteracting the ruin.

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        It is in the nature of power. Reducing this to a particular economic system is nearsighted.

        I will agree that it is the nature of power. But I will argue that few other economic systems actively facilitate (and actually reward) the concentration of power the way capitalism does. I’ll also point out you are basically resorting to a “whataboutism” argument.

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          I’ll also point out you are basically resorting to a “whataboutism” argument.

          That explains… a lot. I apologize for wasting your time.