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> 98% of his writings were a critique of capitalism. He didn't provide a detailed description of how to implement anything. Yeah that's exactly my point. The i

• crdoconnor 10y ago
  >Yeah that's exactly my point. The issue is when we try to turn all those seemingly "good" things into practice, we couldn't figure out how. He wrote a critique of capitalism Das Kapital was not a list of seemingly good thing that could be turned into practice. The fact that other people read the book and did misguided or horrible things is no reflection on what he wrote. >>>Let me pick the one that I disagree the most in your list: >>Implement a job guarantee >How would you do that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Works_Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Works_Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration If you think the Lincoln Tunnel was a waste of money and you think that the private sector overproducing shoddy McMansions where nobody wants to live in 2007 was a great thing then you probably wouldn't be a fan.