Just finished a decade long expedition of starting my business, growing it with love & tears to an exit to a venture funded giant in the space, being on their leash for a few years, & getting laid off just this week. AMA why capitalism will self consume. And since I have some time now I can try to articulate what I think will replace it.

  • nephs@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Do you have any upcoming plans?

    Where does your understanding on all of those systems affect your decision making to reconciliate for your own long term career/professional prospects with immediate needs for a roof over your head?

    Asking because I have a mostly stable job on corporate world, and I have been wondering around that problem space quite a bit, preparing for when layoffs hit again.

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      8 months ago

      Absolutely, we all need bread, so we all gotta do what we all gotta do. But that never stopped me from dreaming a few revolutions. Now I just have more time on me :)

      I will give you more - I was a capitalist, in that I ran a business, but I might have been the worst capitalist ever, turns out I had too much empathy, I treated my customers & employees as not just humans, but as family, fuck me, am I right?

      Speaking of understanding of those systems - I want to share this golden nugget with you and the world - even the most capitalistic of organizations run on the engine of cooperation & excellent teamwork under the hood. In short, cooperation runs the world, competition only ruins it.