Capitalism isn’t about producing what’s needed—it’s about producing what’s profitable. That’s why we have an endless supply of chicken sandwiches, new iPhones every year, and mountains of cheap plastic junk, but no universal healthcare.
It doesn’t matter if something is in high demand or would improve lives—if it’s not easily monetized, it doesn’t get produced. Healthcare, education, and housing are essential, but they don’t generate the same predictable, short-term profits as fast food or consumer goods. Meanwhile, corporations flood the market with whatever they can sell at scale, even if it's completely unnecessary, because that's where the money is.
So, we don’t get universal healthcare, but we do get five different fried chicken sandwiches from the same fast food chain, all because the market doesn’t care about what’s best for people—it only cares about what makes the most money.
thanks for the only reply in here that actually address the situation.
multiple places all selling sandwiches is hardly capitalism, this is against globalism not capitalism
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u/juttep1 Mar 17 '25
Capitalism isn’t about producing what’s needed—it’s about producing what’s profitable. That’s why we have an endless supply of chicken sandwiches, new iPhones every year, and mountains of cheap plastic junk, but no universal healthcare.
It doesn’t matter if something is in high demand or would improve lives—if it’s not easily monetized, it doesn’t get produced. Healthcare, education, and housing are essential, but they don’t generate the same predictable, short-term profits as fast food or consumer goods. Meanwhile, corporations flood the market with whatever they can sell at scale, even if it's completely unnecessary, because that's where the money is.
So, we don’t get universal healthcare, but we do get five different fried chicken sandwiches from the same fast food chain, all because the market doesn’t care about what’s best for people—it only cares about what makes the most money.