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  • Bernard de Mandeville, 1670 - 1733. First “neo liberal” author and the man that coined the ethicless economy. I was off by 100 years tho 😁

    Not to say everything was perfect and nice before, but he’s one of the father of modern capitalism and the first to theorise businesses didn’t have to be ethic.

    For him, the virtue of the society would be a guard against the sin of the economy. Like that, businesses could focus on making as much money as possible.

    Of course, it was stupid. Greed and cupidity were not magically contained…


  • Of course not. He’s a pos of a YouTubers, he’s not a genocidal maniac.

    Yet, he’s a proud representation of the absolute mess we’re in. Some genius 200 years ago had the great idea of saying it was ok to remove any ethic/humanity from the economy. And now, we’re living in a dystopian hell where it’s ok to profit from misery and where empathy is a sin.

    He could organise squid games to sell cereal without blinking. Empty husks profiting.






  • Did not and still would not.

    Hell, I even got fired from a nursing job for telling doctors they did a poor job with a patient to their face. While being the main income, with two kids.

    You adapt, find something else.

    No regrets, would even say it’s a building moment for oneself. If you fold at the first pression, you’ll always fold. My moral compass is too important for me to sell it.

    Can’t find ? Change job, change region, change country. Most of the time, you have a choice.