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Opinions: It’s time to give socialism a try
- nanis 9y agoMaybe it's time to learn from others' experience.
- nabla9 9y agoThe way Americans use the word socialism is very confusing. It's just a single word lacking details. Sometimes it's just pure ignorance. >Capitalism is an ideology that is far more encompassing than it admits, and one that turns every relationship into a calculable exchange. Bodies, time, energy, creativity, love — all become commodities to be priced and sold. Alienation reigns. There is no room for sustained contemplation and little interest in public morality; everything collapses down to the level of the atomized individual. What she is describing is markets, not capitalism. Markets and socialism are orthogonal concepts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism The opposite of markets, price mechanism and incentives is turning everything into politics. Every relationship becomes politics. Bodies, time, energy, creativity, love — all become politics and power struggle. Political connectedness reigns. There is no room for sustained contemplation and little interest in public morality; everything collapses down to the level of special interests.