Oh God, the number of comments taking this post as a literal question is too high. I can't tell if they're serious or not.
I guess I'll do my best too explain. Often pro-capitalist individuals will use the argument that without capitalism nothing would get done and/or invented. The point of this post is that things did get done and invented without capitalism. Thus invalidating this particular capitalist argument.
Ford Perfect is stuck in a planet with executives and marketing people, and they have nothing
what about this wheel thingy? It sounds a terribly interesting project.” “Ah,” said the marketing girl, “well, we’re having a little difficulty there.” “Difficulty?” exclaimed Ford. “Difficulty? What do you mean, difficulty? It’s the single simplest machine in the entire Universe!” The marketing girl soured him with a look “All right, Mr. Wiseguy,” she said, “you’re so clever, you tell us what color it should be.
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Caveman sees something on fire. Caveman sees animals hate fire, animal burned in fire taste good and being close is warm especially at night. Caveman tries to reproduce fire. Caveman learned how to make fire.
Fire was given to man by Prometheus. He did it for the betterment of the species. This was the birth of socialism. Prometheus was pecked at in the liver by birds for all eternity for this crime.
Fuck that guy, someone should have kicked him straight in the nuts stole it and patented it. Freeze to death or pay
Zues did my man dirty and was a bitch for it
Your motivation is the same as theirs, not freezing to death
They could trade the secret for... already communal resources?
But then who gets screwed in the transaction?
Getting screwed IS the transaction!
The beatings will continue until innovation improves..
Freezing to death is a pretty big motivator.
Capitalism wasn’t invented, it was discovered, just like fire. Capitalism is what you get when the state relinquishes its control over capital.
Pretty sure there are societies that don't have a state OR money. One might even call them stateless moneyless societies. You know, communism.
You don’t need money or a state to have capitalism, you just need private property.
Let's ask Rae Dawn Chong and Ron Perlman
For the record can I say that I think the sun invented fire, not cavemen.
I can safely say fire was discovered, not invented by man.
No, fire existed before the tabloid
The sun is not sentient, therefore it cannot invent or discover
