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I'm not defending the Soviet Union. I'm not even defending communism, nor proposing a concrete alternative to capitalism. But the fact that other systems have l
by bertiewhykovich 10y ago
I'm not defending the Soviet Union. I'm not even defending communism, nor proposing a concrete alternative to capitalism. But the fact that other systems have led to worse abuses absolutely does not absolve capitalism of its crimes -- even the least-bad criminal is still a criminal.
(And it's not clear that capitalism is, in fact, the best of the bunch: it's bizarre that Silicon Valley, a culture that is so dedicated to pushing the boundaries of the possible that curing death is a completely pedestrian ambition, believes that /this/ economic system is the real global maximum.)
- tomcam 10y agoIf I understand correctly, what you are saying is that to be a capitalist is to be a criminal?
- Jtsummers 10y agoThere is, perhaps, some implementation of capitalism which is not exploitative of people. We haven't found it yet.
- untoreh 10y agocapitalism trades work for capital in an infinite loop, as long as it is free to bargain as little work for as much capital it is exploitative. The only non exploitative capitalism is a non-liberal capitalism which limits the bargaining, but since greed and corruption go in tandem, whatever tries to govern capitalism, eventually becomes just another bargaining iteration for capitalism itself. therefore the only implementation of non exploitative capitalism is capitalism ruled by an incorruptible system, which is utopia, or maybe AI overlords.