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Again, the system of massive government regulation and taxation, borrowing, and spending programmes is not "capitalism". I don't know what "VCs show their ass",
by throwawaylinux 4y ago
Again, the system of massive government regulation and taxation, borrowing, and spending programmes is not "capitalism". I don't know what "VCs show their ass", or people asking the government to help them has anything to do with it.
Government propping up special interests is pretty anti capitalistic, whether it's a corporation, an unemployed person, or a college student trying to default on their loans.
- polygamous_bat 4y ago> Government propping up special interests is pretty anti capitalistic, whether it's a corporation, an unemployed person, or a college student trying to default on their loans. So I am assuming a purely capitalistic system would let the elderly and the disabled die on the street begging for charity? Are you advocating for such a system? Because no thank you, I am good.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoBy some peoples' definition of a purely capitalistic system that could be the case. By others, where most people are happy to pay a small and reasonable amount of tax, donation, or general insurance to have some social systems in place, because they can see the benefit and recognize that society is improved for their benefit as well even if they never make use of them directly (and therefore it being somewhat close to if not exactly a voluntary exchange for mutual benefit), it would not necessarily be. I wasn't advocating for anything in these posts by the way, so your rhetorical question is not an argument. Here is one for you though, do you believe that in communist China, Vietnam, USSR, Cuba, Cambodia, etc., that there were no homeless or beggars?
- kevviiinn 4y agoGood question, how many homeless people are there in China right now?
- thrill 4y agoEstimates are 3 million Uyghurs are involuntarily in camps right now - but I guess some would call that not being homeless.
- kevviiinn 4y agoI wonder how many immigrants have been involuntarily in camps in the US? How many Japanese? Your effort at deflecting is adorable
- throwawaylinux 4y agoProbably far fewer since implementing many capitalism-inspired reforms than when under a stricter form of communism. Why do you ask?
- kevviiinn 4y agoWhat makes you think that capitalism inspired reforms are responsible when the most capitalistic country has the most homeless people? Do you have any sources for that information?
- throwawaylinux 4y agoIs your claim that USA is the most capitalistic country? Can you define what that means, and do you have any sources proving it?
- kevviiinn 4y agoI'll take that as a "no"
- throwawaylinux 4y agoDidn't think you'd have a source.