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Please clarify what you mean by capitalism. I have a hard time following that part of your statement.

• southerntofu 4y ago
  Disclaimer: i'm no political scientist I would accept several definitions depending on the context. Here's a few definitions that would cover all these variations of capitalism: - a society in which some people work and some don't - a society where money/status exists and drives access to resources ; more often than not, the most necessary and least desired jobs are the least compensated - a society in which production is not based on reflections from a local community about their needs, but dictated by a third-party (a boss, a State..) A society that's not capitalist would follow the old anarchist tenet "From each according to their capabilities, to each according to their needs". Arguably, it should be possible to have "State communism" or "Stateless capitalism" but neither form has emerged throughout history (even for a brief period) and these formula are inherently oxymorons. Stateless communism (anarchism) is definitely a thing and has emerged many times throughout history although it's more often than not been crushed bloodily (see also Paris Commune, Ukraine Commune / Makhnovtchina, Spanish revolution, etc).