Dangling on a hyphen.

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  • Here’s my point. We live under global capitalism. It’s just how things are, right?

    And capitalism, just like, say, life, has its ways. It creates an environment where certain outcomes are more likely than others.

    Making an observation about it does not make me partial to other systems. I have no such preference. What I observe is just that capitalism, just like life, always finds a way—its way.

    I heard someone mentioned the danger of using CRISPR to make better soldiers. It’s crazy, right? But why isn’t crazy to tinker with a tree? Yes, it may make those trees a better product. And all seems good. But once you do that to the tree, and it becomes profitable, the incentive is there to make that true for everything else.

    I think it’s dumb because such power (CRISPR) should be treated with great care. Curing a disease? Go for it. But be careful. Now, to make a better product? I dunno, it just rubs me the wrong way.

    Perhaps I’m not seeing the whole picture. Or maybe I should take some bioethics class again.

    But whatever may be the case, my point is not there all proletariat the world over should unite.