• Artisian@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yeah … Not quite. The negative aspects of coordination problems are more general than just capitalism. Every system has a problem of getting stuff from the place it is to the people that need it, because convincing people to care is hard and verifying that someone needs it is harder.

    If we could solve the coordination problem even approximately, we could run profitable businesses in capitalism that addressed many of the ills. The trouble is that we usually can’t (and sometimes the states will shoot people that try).