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We totally do throw spaghetti at the wall and call the results an "economic system". Neither "capitalism", "communism" nor "socialism" exist except as ill desc

by zxcmx 9y ago

We totally do throw spaghetti at the wall and call the results an "economic system". Neither "capitalism", "communism" nor "socialism" exist except as ill described definitions and abstractions that are misused and abused by academics, politicians and the general public alike. The actual systems we have are a patchwork of contradictory laws, policies and actions by a ton of different parties.

djschnei 9y ago
ok, guys. You win. Individuals don't look at public economic policy through ideological lenses and these ideological lenses certainly don't have loosely definable goals. A capitalist and a socialist ideologue, while advocating for public policy, definitely don't have a desired state they are shooting for.
- zxcmx 9y ago
  I apologise, I think I ended up talking past you. When you wrote "economic systems" I read that as a statement about actual economies instead of what you actually wrote.
  - djschnei 9y ago
    No worries, don't think I said "system" in my original comment, enough blame to go around :)