standardization breeds efficiency. efficiency is required for scaling.
Emshittification is required to bleed the stone dry.
when saturation had been reached the only way executives can demonstrate increased revenue is enshittification.
its the natural state when moral-lacking executives are forced to increase profits no matter what… a side effect of the complete joke that is the stock market
Convergent business organization makes a lot of people mad. But some things just don’t scale or grow with the business. And one thing business leaders will never do is make less money so that’s why they will always look for ways to grow.
True, some business models frustrate people. But growth doesn’t have to mean cutting ethics—some companies scale while staying fair and sustainable. Profit drives decisions, but accountability and better models do exist.
Imagine thinking rent seeker has authenticity…
Capitalism forces businesses to enshittify as they grow
No… Owners do it themselves to extract profit or rent.
…what do you think capitalism is?
Capitalism is private ownership of means of production per daddy Marx
Not every enterprise engages in shameless rent seeking we are all used to.
So capitalism doesn’t do anything… The people who own these means will act in bad faith if the state doesnt check them.
…will act in bad faith if the state doesn’t check them
The very purpose of the state is to not check them.
If you’re curious, you should read State and Revolution. Short version is that daddy Engels outlines that the purpose of the state is to protect the bourgeoisie and their interests.
When the regime is a group oligarchs then sure but it was npt always like this and historically the most successful states from perspective of a peasant were mixed economies where labour and capital reached some sort of equilibrium
That ended after 2008 though and even nordics are being eroded now.
I’m not quite sure what you mean by “always like this” because, from my understanding, the rich exploiting the poor and fucking up the world in the process has always been.
In the past, the “most successful states from the perspective of a peasant” were successful because of their conquest of others.
Furthermore, this success is measured only relative to other capitalist states doing similar fucked up things, so I wouldn’t exactly say that’s evidence
The perceived “end” after 2008 you feel is not because capitalism or the mechanisms holding it in place changed, it’s because the internet made it easier for exploitation to occur and to be witnessed by you.
The state didn’t change its goals. It still doesn’t care about its citizens just like it didn’t care in previous centuries. Capitalism didn’t change either, the definition you listed is still the same.
What changed was the new methods available for the state to pacify the masses and the new sources of exploitation capitalism could acquire.
Sure it is getting worse and states that had socialized programs were better off because of it. But that doesn’t mean more socialized economies wouldn’t have been better. In fact it would imply the opposite. Especially since the erosion you mention is a direct effect of the capitalist parts
Innovators start startups to innovate, then business people buy them to do business.
They grow further and further from the customer
As they become more authentic businesses, they become less authentic human endeavors.
