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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In this chapter of "Capitalism ruins everything"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

For comparison, NBC in the US paid US$7.75 billion (A$11.8 billion) in 2014 for the rights to broadcast the Olympics until 2032.

At that much money, you can pretty much count on extreme amounts of corruption and thievery going on behind the scenes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

B-but capitalism breeds innovation!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

They are very creative in finding new ways to screw us over.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

The thing that sucks about capitalism is that for as awful as it is, the idea that it breeds innovation is also true.