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agree that the problem isn't who is in authority, disagree that crony capitalism can be solved with reform to reach some purer more egalitarian form of capitali
by wahnfrieden 4y ago
agree that the problem isn't who is in authority, disagree that crony capitalism can be solved with reform to reach some purer more egalitarian form of capitalism - crony capitalism is capitalism
btw, graeber/wengrow research has found that it's historically inaccurate to say that all this is necessary or inevitable in larger society
- autoexec 4y agoI'm open to alternatives to capitalism. I'm just waiting to see a superior system successfully put into practice and maintained, at an appreciable scale, for multiple generations in the modern world. Without that, proposed alternatives are great for thought provoking theoretical and philosophical consideration, but are without much utility when it comes to replacing what we have. The system we have now is largely failing us, but it can be carefully reformed into something a bit better. Throwing it out and replacing it with something entirely other isn't something I'd support without knowing exactly what we'd be getting ourselves into and that means seeing it (or something very close to it) at work.
- wahnfrieden 4y agowell that's basically what the graeber/wengrow speaks to - looking at actual human history to understand how these alternatives might have already been put into practice, at scale and over time, in post-agriculture discovery societies. that's about the best you will get for existing demonstrated capability at scale in an approximately modern age