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I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that's not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Mode of Production determines what ideas and traits are more expressed among society. The Base determines the Superstructure, which in turn reinforces the Base.

[โ€“] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ok yes but this makes no sense to someone with zero background in marxist theory.

This is what is being referenced ^

This means that the values of a society are determined by the economic structure but also that these values then reinforce that structure. So you end up with societal values that closely allign with whatever best reinforces the base. In the case of capitalism that is typically greed. So no, money alone doesn't corrupt people or make them greedy but the economic system that money facilitates does.

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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Fantastic elaboration, comrade, that's exactly what I am saying.