You can’t fix the problems caused by capitalism with capitalism. Those homeless people employed by that beautiful company in your made up example don’t have a home because companies and the governments they write the laws for value profit over human life. Homelessness is overwhelmingly a mentally health issue which becomes an addiction issue, but here in the US all health care, much less mental health care, is a for-profit venture. And the open market that you seem to respect so much has made renting and home ownership unattainable for countless millions.

You sound like everyone else who believes everything they learned in econ 101, that capitalism rights itself because it’s in people’s best interests to do so. You’re out of touch with the reality of so many peoples lives, and you only emphasized it with your fantasy about “good capitalism.” You can blame all of Lemmy or all the “brainwashed” people who tell you how far your perception of reality is skewed, but I hope you can continue learning about what life is like for people who don’t have your privilege or luck and are moved to reconsider your stance.

Greed and lack of empathy

That’s what keeps capitalism humming along. It’s why a few people own most of everything and the “lucky” Americans will be forced to work until they die. What point were you trying to make when you attempted to correct them by saying that’s not capitalism?

Everyone knows what the trolley problem is about. I think it’s you who’s missing the point. Instead of blindly accepting the unacceptable solutions that are offered, come up with your own, better solution.

I don’t know if you understand the point. I and other users have tried to help. If you have any more specific questions, just ask.

If labeling it helps you to understand it, sure.

Agreed. This is what I was implying by citing their OS market share in mobile devices in the US and I could have clarified better.

I don’t get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.

People identify the business decisions that Apple makes to be anti-consumer. They then feel frustration and anger for users of Apple products as support for their products only emboldens Apple to continue making anti-consumer decisions, such as the subject of this article.

Apple is a microcosm representation of the evils of capitalism for many people and they project their feelings about it - powerlessness, disgust, anger, etc. - onto users of Apple products. People associate support for iPhones which enjoys a 61% US market share as support for the boot of capitalism on our throats regardless of whether the Apple user doesn’t know, doesn’t care, or doesn’t agree.

There is demand for first class seating from nearly 100% of fliers. They’re just not willing to pay what AA is charging. This isn’t a supply and demand decision. Econ 101 says that means AA should reduce the price, but capitalism in practice says the constant desire for more profit and the monopoly that most industries have been allowed to grow and maintain means never lower the price and find a new way to fuck the plebs who don’t even own a single yacht.

But he is a bad person.

People like that don’t deserve patience and understanding.

These black and white statements won’t do you or anyone else any good. We understand that an inconsiderate or rude act doesn’t define a person when we can believe that about ourselves and love ourselves despite our many mistakes and cringe-worthy incidents.

When we love ourselves we begin to offer others the same grace and understanding we allow ourselves. We see the myriad reasons we don’t think or act how we’d like to and realize that everyone else’s life is just as difficult and confusing, and often for reasons we’ll never see or understand.

It’s both a blessing and a curse to be so unaware of what’s happening around you. To think it’s “insane” that a white supremacist placed 1488 on an elevation map says that you neither understand how incredibly easy that would be to accomplish and that you aren’t aware of the rising tide of racial hate that was invigorated in 2016 and hasn’t felt much pushback since.

It’s so not “insane” that it could easily be the most likely reason for splashing 1488 across TV screens around the country during the last regular season football game of the year.

Nazis and racists are everywhere. They work everywhere. They live everywhere. And they’re feeling incredibly emboldened and inevitable. Whatever reason you choose to believe that led 1488 to be displayed so prominently for everyone to see, an inescapable fact is that every racist that saw it BELIEVES that it was intentionally placed there and got a jolt of dopamine feeling that their message is spreading, that “their time is coming.” That’s the actual insane part.

Precisely

That’s definitely plausible, though I don’t think it’s the most likely scenario. Intentionally choosing that extremely hateful Nazi code without any other context or understanding would only serve to grab the attention of Nazis or people who know that it’s a code used by Nazis. Using this thread as anecdotal evidence, it’s not mainstream and many people don’t know it exists/think that is a big deal. I don’t see CBS advertising their new show which otherwise makes zero reference to white supremacy or Nazis by using a Nazi code.

I find the most likely reasoning to be that it way placed there intentionally but with plausible deniability to the graphic artist. “I just used a picture of an elevation map because he goes and finds people in the wilderness!”

I’d I hadn’t lived through the last 8 years, I would absolutely agree.

Unfortunately, Nazis and white supremacists have felt more emboldened and accepted than they have since WWII. Their talking points and ideologies are becoming “just another opinion” instead of a poison that must be excized. Their codes - like 1488 - are becoming more mainstream so that real Nazis and edgy teens alike blast it everywhere.

Sure, it’s not impossible that it’s a random number on a elevation map that shows no other elevations and displays the elevation prominently right above the lead actor’s name. At the very best that’s a huge oversight by a graphic designer and anyone else charged with reviewing the ad before it’s played across the country.

I find it to be more likely that it’s intentional and someone slipped it in to a part of the ad that flashes in the screen for less than a second to promote and strengthen their movement.

1488 is a white supremacist/modern Nazi dog whistle. The 14 stands for “the 14 words:” “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” The 88 stands for the 8th letter in the alphabet, H: heil Hitler.

If you’ve never heard of this, know that I’m not a numerology weirdo seeing messages where they don’t exist. 1488 it’s how they self-identify and it’s used as a dog whistle to each other. It’s easily searchable.

I can’t agree when we’re talking about the state of the world. Yes, the world will go on and see better days, but it might take millennia and the extinction of humanity to get there, which isn’t something that any of us will endure.