• space_iio@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Funding is stopping me. Lack of investment money to get started. Access to capital.

    I don’t have the luxury to stop being an employee, even momentarily because I need the income

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      1 month ago

      Which is precisely the argument for why capitalists are needed, and thus warrant recompense (at the expense of the worker).

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          1 month ago

          Agreed. It’s very hard to beat the system from within. And their arguments only make sense within it.

          Now if only there was a way to break the system… 🤔

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        Systematically unfair system requires us to continue unchanged to the advantage of an incredibly small number dbags who own everything already, ‘cuz they have all the money to invest’. Good critical thought dude.

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          Oh don’t get me wrong, it’s a thoroughly unjust system. That is just their argument for perpetuating it. (I could definitely have phrased it better)

          And I also believe it’s rigged.

          Which means that the only way to win is to break the rules, or play a different game, which sounds more ominous than intended. But I do believe we need to do away with capitalism, or the very least capitalists. Either the $1 billion “you win” cap, or just a wholly different way of economic organisation. Other options are available, but few are as civil.

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        You seem to not understand the difference between an investment and a loan

        I have applied to a few accelerator programs and haven’t gotten a response

        One thing is to get money in exchange for ownership of the company and the other one is to get money that has to be paid back no matter what

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            It’s different kind of risk when failure means you may not eat or become homeless.

            The rich do not incur that kind of risk when they engage in “entrepreneurial-ship”