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Don't be so obtuse. we aren't talking about individual aspects, the author clearly suggests a fundamental change of the entire system. flawed child labor laws,
by andrew_ 5y ago
Don't be so obtuse. we aren't talking about individual aspects, the author clearly suggests a fundamental change of the entire system. flawed child labor laws, or a lack of thereof, do not define capitalism.
- arp242 5y agoEntire economies were built on slavery. This isn't a little trivial aspect.
- andrew_ 5y agoslavery also is not a tenet of capitalism. slavery is a separate societal issue that permeates every economic system. you are conflating societal issues with economic systems.
- arp242 5y agoThere is no such thing as "capitalism", it's a vague ideology with myriad different implementations. Besides, that wasn't even my point, you've turned this in to a the Not True Capitalism™ word-game, my point was merely that many systems that "got us to where we are" have since been abandoned, and that merely "it's useful" is not a good argument.
- andrew_ 5y agowhen it comes to word-games, you're putting on one heck of a display. Capitalism isn't a vague ideology - it's literally defined as: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. You seem intent on conflating historical societal issues that have come and gone under a capitalist economic system. I'd argue we are where we are despite those societal issues, and that capitalism has endured through them.