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Not sure which ideology you say I'm critiquing in this context. Frankfurt school of economics? I confess I don't know much about it beyond that the Q set thinks

Not sure which ideology you say I'm critiquing in this context. Frankfurt school of economics? I confess I don't know much about it beyond that the Q set thinks it's the new Illuminati. In any case I think it's a pretty good filter - 'capitalism' is used as a deliberately vague title that lets the reader fill in their own meaning. If there were genuinely interesting writings based on hostility towards a deliberately vaguely-defined concept I'd be interested to see them, but I know enough about the concept of a Volksfeind to feel justified in my skepticism. Vitalik Buterin can talk about public goods without ever mentioning capitalism because he's got actual solutions in mind. He doesn't need a malleable boogeyman to lend them gravitas. I'm sure anyone else with genuinely interesting insights would have precise enough solutions that they need more precise problem statements than 'capitalism'.

jancsika 5y ago
I don't understand your position. Are you filtering on reading/hearing the stem of the word "capitalism" as written/uttered in an explanation of the problem? Or are you filtering critiques that simply begin and end with the stem of "capitalism?" If it's the former then your filter is way too broad. There are plenty of non-Marxists who by sheer coincidence probably mention capitalism in the midst of explaining quite specific policy positions. (Matt Stoller comes to mind.) For those commentators you are turning off your brain for what sounds to me like the equivalent of an intellectual drinking game. If it's the latter then the filter is useless. You'd be better off filtering on any single constant string as almost all are going to fall short of being a serious problem statement for any domain.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  All right, this is interesting. How does this Matt Stoller fellow define the capitalism he speaks of?

jancsika 5y ago

I don't understand your position. Are you filtering on reading/hearing the stem of the word "capitalism" as written/uttered in an explanation of the problem? Or are you filtering critiques that simply begin and end with the stem of "capitalism?" If it's the former then your filter is way too broad. There are plenty of non-Marxists who by sheer coincidence probably mention capitalism in the midst of explaining quite specific policy positions. (Matt Stoller comes to mind.) For those commentators you are turning off your brain for what sounds to me like the equivalent of an intellectual drinking game. If it's the latter then the filter is useless. You'd be better off filtering on any single constant string as almost all are going to fall short of being a serious problem statement for any domain.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
All right, this is interesting. How does this Matt Stoller fellow define the capitalism he speaks of?