Poverty, inequality, and unemployment are solutions, not problems, for capital.

Evidence

It’s time to stop buying into the idea that, within a capitalist society, it makes sense to discuss economic policies according to the criterion of “right” and “wrong” for an elusive common good. Our economic machinery is structured not to meet the needs of ordinary people but to increase the rents and profits of the few capital holders. Economic policies cater to these priorities. What critics point to as “problems” of the system—poverty, inequality, and unemployment—are actually its precise “solutions.” — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 159

Categorization

• XREF: The inverted framing — system ‘problems’ are its ‘solutions’ — connects to the reading purpose’s ‘invisible order’ and is the crux to stress-test. — connects to: Fragmented attention is functional for capital, not an accident. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1631