While at first it seems like some commie propaganda
That's because it is.
Capitalism is not human nature. When you see a person choking on some food, do you think about the cost to profit ratio for saving them or do you Heimlich them?
If I don't know that person then I have no reason to care about his life or whether he dies, other than potential financial gain.
The fact that it's communist propaganda doesn't mean it's false.
"When you see a person choking on some food, do you think about the cost to profit ratio for saving them or do you heimlich them?"
Most likely, you will show humanity and save a person choking on some food. But will you save the hungry people who come to your bakery without money?
Why don't they have any money? Their factory was bought by a competitor and closed, for example. All the businesses in town depended on that factory. Now people can't find jobs and they don't have money to go somewhere else or start something new.
Or another example, you built a house. There are 100 apartments in it. You sold 50 apartments, and 50 apartments are left empty. There are 1,000 families in your town who need their own place to live, but they don't have enough money. Will you donate the remaining 50 apartments to the needy in an act of humanism?
Let me put it this way, it's not even about you, whether you're a fair person or not. The capitalist system is set up so that the hungry don't get food, even if there is food. The homeless live on the street, even if there are empty apartments. And workers can't find work even if they want to work.
You might think that people must be saved by the state. There is some truth in that. Under capitalism, the state acts in the interest of the capitalists (national or foreign, or transnational). If the capitalists are interested in saving people, the state will save people. If not, it will leave people to their fate. Of course, the human factor may come into play here, but both in favor of the people and against them. Also, the working class can influence the state by achieving partial improvements for itself, but if it stops fighting, it loses those gains.
The fact that it's communist propaganda doesn't mean it's false.
Never in my post did I say it's false.
Most likely, you will show humanity and save a person choking on some food
No, I won't. If I don't have a financial incentive, then I won't.
You might think that people must be saved by the state.
No, I do not think that either.
Most of your "arguments" are just putting words into my mouth that I did not say.
Would you rather be a game developer or be a male prostitute? Let's say male prostitutes make a higher salary than game developers. If it makes more money to jerk off some punks under a bridge than it does to make a computer game then why not be a male prostitute? It would be irrational not to jerk off punks under a bridge since the financial incentive would be greater. I'm not disparaging male prostitution as a profession - people have to make a buck. I just want to illustrate that there are other factors besides financial incentive which motivate us.
