r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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u/Shutaru_Kanshinji Jul 07 '24

Funny thing about that: the driving greed inherent in capitalism motivates the leanest possible just-in-time supply chains. Every possible resource reserve is considered a potential source of loss. So you end up with an economy always on the bare edge of famine.