> Capitalism already is a poor allocator of human effort, resources, and energy, why lock in on this specifically?

It's absolutely best allocator of human effort there is. It has some problems but compared to alternatives it's almost perfect.

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yfee an hour ago | parent | next [-]

No it is the best of what we know.

There’s something else out there that nobody has the imagination to personally figure it out and get alignment toward it.

It can also be true that capitalism is transitory to get to a place where much of the capital one needs is invented.

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komali2 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Looking around, the evidence doesn't seem to support this conclusion. 50% of food thrown away, yet people go hungry. Every privatized industry diminishes in quality and reach. Selects and optimizes for profit rather than for human need.

	▲	azan_ 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Looking around, the evidence doesn't seem to support this conclusion. It absolutely does if you look at facts and not "vibes". There are less people starving now than ever now and it's a giant, giant difference. We are tackling more and more diseases thanks to big pharma. Even semi-socialist countries such as China have opened markets. Basically the only countries that do not implement capitalist solutions are the ones you'd never want to live in such as North Korea or Cuba (funny thing - even China urged Cuba to free their markets).