• Rolder@reddthat.com
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    3 hours ago

    I mean, tipping culture only seems to be a problem in the US. Countries in Europe and what have you are fine and they are still capitalist.

    • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Sure tipping for things may not be applicable in eu. But here’s another example: imagine the first person who got a loan cuz they wanted to buy a house but didn’t have the money at the time.

      The bank who lent the money did a nice thing. Other banks and people started doing the same. And because people had access to more money, the price of houses increased to match with it.

      Despite the fact that those people don’t actually have that money and now it is a requirement. Nobody can afford to buy a house unless they go into debt. Again this is capitalism and the free market in action.

      The reason tipping so “people can have livable wage” is not a thing in the EU is because the EU does have a livable minimum wage.

      The concept of minimum wage is inherently anti-capitalistic. It is against the principles of free market.

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        2 hours ago

        So the answer isn’t simply “Abolish capitalism” the answer is actually “Capitalism but with logical rules and regulations”

        • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          54 minutes ago

          Lol, what?

          I am literally talking about how much suffering it would cause if we keep trying to “fix capitalism” with bandage after bandage and how each and everything would need fixing which will turn into something not capitalistic anyways.

          I don’t want to be rude but people should have better reading comprehension and learn to read between the lines or just read i guess.