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Don't confuse free markets with capitalism. One of those does imply the other, but not transitively. Capitalism doesn't need free markets, and many capitalists
by __jal 10y ago
Don't confuse free markets with capitalism. One of those does imply the other, but not transitively.
Capitalism doesn't need free markets, and many capitalists prefer not having them.
- delecti 10y agoNot reflexively.
- fu9ar 10y agoSTOP MAKING PEDANTIC, ESOTERIC, ARGUMENTS ON PUBLIC FORUMS LIKE YOU ARE SO FUCKING CLEVER. YOU ARE NOT.
- cpach 10y agoPlease be civil.
- fu9ar 10y agoI realize that it is unpopular, but civility would not have made my point. I appreciate your input.
- delecti 10y agoI can't respond to your other comment because it's flagged, so I'll respond here. I think most people don't mind pedants. The comment got a handful of upvotes, so clearly on the whole the addition was appreciated. It's absolutely possible to be a jerk about correcting someone, but a simple dispassionate "I think you meant X instead of Y" can be helpful.
- fu9ar 10y agoThis platform actively discourages downvoting, so a couple people out of hundreds or thousands of viewers deciding to upvote you doesn't mean that the addition was appreciated. I thought you meant exactly what you said, and I meant exactly what I said, passion and all. Regardless of the community sanctions, I still mean it.
- TallGuyShort 10y agoI'm just confused about the angry implication that they keep doing this. Looking back 60 days I don't see a single other comment like that...