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Capitalism won, try it. I don't think this is true here at all. The obvious real-world analogy is news. I would much rather listen to NPR or the BBC than watch
by decklin 15y ago
Capitalism won, try it.
I don't think this is true here at all. The obvious real-world analogy is news. I would much rather listen to NPR or the BBC than watch CNN or a local broadcast station -- I don't care if the latter has "won" by making money, I care about the quality and editorial independence of the content.
- dextorious 15y agoAlso, "won", how? Because of the failed soviet states? How about the much winning near socialist Norway/Sweden/Denmark and Finland? How about China? And what does it mean, "it won"? Does it mean it's better? We had kings and despots for 1000s of years. Yet we still progressed towards something different (and/or better). The same could happen with capitalism or everything.
- snowwrestler 15y agoNPR makes most of its money from private foundations and corporate sponsors, both of whom it acknowledges by name on the air. That is a type of ad. Wikimedia Foundation could raise a ton of money if they just did something like this.