Competition and Corporate Death

Consider, the worst aspects of Capitalism are all based in competition. They are a result on the desire to "win." They are based in the fear of someone else doing what you won't and pricing you out of the market. They are based on greed or the fear that you won't have enough. These are all traits that society has made by telling men that they have to *win* at all cost. Traits that have been reinforced by media, government and social groups. Traits that promote stereotypically masculine expression to the point that it harms others.

This doesn't address Rate on return for capital (R) > Income growth (I), and how the capital owning class inherently has access to growing wealth that the working class doesn't. But a "Humble" capitalism that doesn't engage in price warfare, deceptive practices, and other harmful activities to maintain or grow their business is possible with a simple moral change. Iterative Prisoners Dilemma. If the only way to win, or indeed stay in the game, is to cooperate and play right, the system would work significantly better.

Not perfect, and addressing the needs of all first is a separate problem that needs addressing first. Perhaps with a mechanism that slows R's growth as compared to I. But Imagine a check on business that destroys companies and redistributes capital on the first offense against society by the business. Imagine this existing in a society with a Universal Basic Income, guaranteed housing, food, healthcare safety net, so destroying the company may put people out of work, but won't starve them or make them homeless.* Imagine it in a world where companies stay small and local and interconnect rather then growing monopolies. (Example, Amazon, where the warehouses are separate entities from the whole and each other, contracting with the website and logistics as separate entities. Bring back anti-trust) In such a system you can censure the offending site/company and the meta-company can find/contract with a competitor.

#DeathPenaltyForCorporations

*Yes, I'm saying the businesses hold their employees hostage to prevent being punished for their wrongs.