> If you're using a nonstandard Marxist definition of capitalism, then you should point that out because that is not the definition that people typically use.

> If you're using a nonstandard Marxist definition of capitalism, then you should point that out because that is not the definition that people typically use. You bring up two Marxist governments and then get upset when I talk about capitalism as defined by Marxists. Like I said: you can disagree with Marxism (or its perspective on what capitalism) but to call it akin to "something I don't like" is childish. > Says the person who brought up their personal economic grievances to this discussion in the first place. I'm not making an attack on communism. I used it as an example of how economic system has zero correlation to climate change. Yeah, sure. The problem with making any comments on this contrarian stronghold is that some ideologue will take offense to the specific words unless they are surrounded by three paragraphs of expository context. But in the service of offending your sensibilities slightly less in the future I will reflect on what I could have replaced this part with: > > and not the economic system itself. I really should have said: > > and not the system itself. There. Still no less true. > That's why I said "minimal assistance." The important part is making a good faith attempt to imagine how you would fare in such a lifestyle. I That's not how ideological critique works. We're all armchair opiners here. You're gonna be disappointed if you think your naysayers are going to live out this perverse performative exhibition. And it's even less likely for an ideology that lives in the pre-agricultural revolution past. > A contrarian also isn't just "thing you don't like." I believe in mixed market capitalism, and my actions are consistent with that of a mixed market capitalist. If you attack my brand of mixed market capitalism, I'll give you a defense of such beliefs. I won't make up a hypothetical of something that I may or may not believe in and defend that instead. No one cares.