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Some of us free market types realize there is a difference between the corporatism of today’s world, and the capitalism of where we’d like to be. And that ofte
by ImprovedSilence 7y ago
Some of us free market types realize there is a difference between the corporatism of today’s world, and the capitalism of where we’d like to be. And that often regulation needs to be in place to protect capitalism from the tyranny of corporatism. Unfortunately the “free market” and “capitalism” are exactly the words corporatists use to get voters on their sides.
- beefield 7y agoI'm quite sure there are communists who realize a difference between the communism of the soviet union and the communism they would like to be in. Unfortunately you are not allowed to pick only the good side of the people that supports the feasibility of your chosen ideological utopia.
- coldtea 7y ago>Some of us free market types realize there is a difference between the corporatism of today’s world, and the capitalism of where we’d like to be Yes, the difference is one exists and is bad (like "really existing socialism" existed and was bad), and the other is an unrealistic utopia like communism. A utopian market without sucker consumers, without business people willing to exploit it and without powerful companies taking advantage of it, and somehow, with less government as well...
- anigbrowl 7y agoCapitalism is by definition the idea of capital as the organizing principle of society. No matter how idealistic a conception of capitalism you hold, it's still the reification of profit over people.
- cle 7y agoMy understanding of capitalist arguments is that they think "profits" vs. "people" is a false dichotomy.
- doyoulikeworms 7y agoThis is like describing socialism as being about authoritarian governments and centrally planned economies. Everybody misuses labels to their advantage.