Capitalism

1 entries. 82 words.

December, 2017

• Behind the Tweet: Cancer. 2017-12-12 7:42 PM.
  • Politics
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  Saw this retweeted: in modern capitalism, a business that merely brings in a steady profit is considered a failure, success is defined by continual unchecked growth in biology, we have a word for continual unchecked growth: cancer — Squidlarkin 🦑 System (@squidlarkin) December 10, 2017 This is an amusing analogy, but it breaks down because it’s not “modern capitalism” that defines a business’s success, it’s the modern investors, who vote with their dollars on a daily or hourly or even minute-by-minute basis. 82 words.