Manufacturing happiness through capitalism (utilitarian capitalism)

Manufacturing happiness through capitalism

So in my previous post I brought up the question of whether the "free market" which I don't believe actually exists, is aiming to achieve the goal of social Darwinism for companies. Well well well..., I got some interesting responses which included one person who stated that capitalism itself exists to improve everyone's lives and to reward those who put forth the most effort in doing so.

What is one way to improve everyone's life? Make them feel good. Make them happy. Keep them satisfied.

How does capitalism work? Supply and demand. Identify a need, and then supply that need with products and services.

How does utilitarianism work? Utilitarianism states that the best action is the action which maximizes utility.

What is utility? In sentient entities it could correspond to wellbeing, or satisfaction, or happiness.

On Steemit it is getting the most likes. Likes represent this utility. This proves that Steem content even if I don't like it, if someone on this earth truly likes it, then value was created by the production of that content. If value was created then at least in this specific instance capitalism worked as intended.

These concepts go far beyond capitalism, "social Darwinism", competition, or abstract methodology. The concept of "user experience" or "customer satisfaction" or similar concepts, are at the core of something deeper in life in general.

The customer experience, client experience, in anything we do we want to get high reviews from the people who experience us. We rely on feedback mechanisms to monitor progress and avoid gression.

In the most simple human example, we humans typically want other humans to like us. We help other humans to like us by adding or contributing value to the lives of other humans. An easy way to contribute value to the life of someone else is to make them laugh, make them smile, make them happy in some way, to bring positivity to their life.

Capitalism is merely a tool. It's a useful tool for creating utility and trading value. It can be as simple as coming up with a product which saves someone time, or it could be a service which gives someone peace of mind, or it could be just finding ways to improve the experience of being alive.

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Is the free market social Darwinism for companies?