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Honestly the idea that capitalism itself systematically causes inequality is not a crazy thing to believe. You obviously don't agree and that's fine, but it's n
by arglebarnacle 9y ago
Honestly the idea that capitalism itself systematically causes inequality is not a crazy thing to believe. You obviously don't agree and that's fine, but it's not the case that every smart person believes the "negative outcomes found in capitalist societies" can be resolved without a fundamental change in the underlying system.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoMy thought process: Inequality causes capitalism. Liberty allows inequality. Those "negative outcomes" come from inequality, not capitalism. Fighting capitalism is a workaround. It's an appealing workaround because the "underlying system" is centralized, and inequality is not.
- sheraz 9y agoCan you expand on how capitalism is an outcome of inequality?
- thomastjeffery 9y agoIt is not. The negative effects of inequality are free to do harm in a society with capitalism. That does not make capitalism the cause of those effects, it simply means that capitalism does nothing to prevent them. Socialism does (claims to) do some things to fight inequality, but that does not mean I must prefer it to capitalism.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoI just reread my post, and noticed that I wrote the first sentence completely wrong. It's too late to edit, so here is what I meant to say: Inequality does not come from capitalism. Liberty allows inequality. Those "negative outcomes" come from inequality, not capitalism. Fighting capitalism (socialism) is a workaround. It's an appealing workaround because the "underlying system" is centralized, and inequality is not.