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rchaud 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenAI needs to raise at least $207B by 2030

So if something is declared "capitalist", it maintains that state in perpetuity, regardless of the actions it takes in reality?

peppersghost93 9 months ago | [–]

That is not what I said, nor implied. In the US the means of production are owned by private individuals. It is capitalist. You may not like the form it's taking but it is what it is.

wahnfrieden 9 months ago | [–]

No, but it is a materialist analysis of capitalism in practice, rather than unrealized idealism

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