you’re right in saying that capitalism did aid in the industrial revolution but not through means that are unique to capitalism and not because of private property. capitalism was only helpful in the way it was established. through the enclosure of land, kicking ppl out of land https://twitter.com/rakiamutu/status/1303041430995316737

that they’ve been farmers on for centuries and basically buying their land from under them and assuming ownership over it. then building factories and the like over it and having the farmers forced to sell their labour to them. instead of them producing for the sake of their

communities suddenly industry and labour became concentrated in small areas to be unequally distributed and accumulated in cities instead. not to mention their poor working conditions. the lack of access to resources rural communities still have today is a product of the time.

i don’t see how it’s justifiable cos it’s not just history. it’s a current lived reality.

and the “comforts we have today” you speak of is 100% subjective. capitalism didn’t provide that comfort it produced the infinite varying degrees to it for which many are born or placed in conditions of low to no comfort or leisure

by dismissing capitalism’s faults you’re largely underestimating them. capitalism requires endless growth and in that it is unsustainable. it was alrd predicted that along with technological change would come failing wages and declining profits. you say that world poverty has

dramatically reduced when in fact capitalism has only expanded the working class and wealth disparities have never been worse. under capitalism, healthcare has undergone marketisation as well as inequality of access for the poor or working class to more advanced medicine or even

basic medicine. + proponents of commodifying healthcare argue that providing care for ageing or disabled populations is unaffordable and unfairly prioritise those who are essentially healthy. that can’t be right. profit-fuelled investments, while they may inspire medical

innovation to a degree, creates large disparities in access to healthcare. it’s recognised as a privilege, not a universal right. i’d try not to yap on about education but i’ll just say it’s fucked and is just another example of how poorer communities have far less access and the

classist education system creates disparity within the working class when it comes to job opportunities and the like. most poor ppl already struggle keeping up with the education system and succeeding within its parameter, it most probably will be even harder to make it outside

it. and don’t get me started on how the education system only operates to produce obedient labourers and provides little space for creativity to flourish.

lastly, the effects the industrial revolution has had on climate change n global warming was worsened by capitalist greed. soon there’s predicted to be more plastic in the oceans than fish. and the rate of global warming has become severe to the point that entire islands and

communities have been wiped out. while the earth has finite resources, climate change has made access to them far more scarce. you can’t tell me this isn’t an effect of capitalism when 71% of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by 100 companies alone. and there’s no motive

impactful enough for them to switch to more ethical practises, much less work to reverse the harmful effects of their production. and the money owned by these corporations pretty much makes them immune to government regulations or punishments, that is if they even choose to hold

them accountable.

i hate coming from this approach it’s too broad but he did it first