capitalism stops the growth of knowledge, when one is forced to work endless hours to simply survive, they never get a chance to research and improve their surroundings. there is no way you can argue it’s the most efficient way to “advance” society technologically, academically, etc.
this even goes beyond the whole “humans always have to work to survive blah blah” most of us are working far more hours than humans did a hundred thousand years ago to survive lmao. here’s the shocker they had far more free time than we do lmao.
there’s no excuse for the amount of hours people are forced to work, when the vast majority of it is simply busywork that does nothing to improve the lives of people, and creates grotesque amounts of excess waste never to be used.
all that fucking labor appropriated and for what? to be thrown in a landfill or the ocean, etc. and to deplete our scarce resources? yeahhhh real conducive to societal advancement right there.
Under capitalism, research only gets done when you can find someone to fund it.
While there are non-profit bodies that fund research without immediate economic benefit, the vast majority of funding, especially in the sciences and engineering, goes to research that is profitable, or at least can be presented as such.
Not does capitalism diminish the potential pool of researchers and ancillary staff, it actively disincentivizes research in a potentially infinite range of areas.
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