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Topics like this will inevitably devolve into predictable flame wars around "capitalism", various Marxisms, climate doom, the validity of private property, Mr.
by palmfacehn 3y ago
Topics like this will inevitably devolve into predictable flame wars around "capitalism", various Marxisms, climate doom, the validity of private property, Mr. Monopoly top hat caricatures and the virtues of central planning.
- anovikov 3y ago...all seriously pushed through by people who work in the industry that's by design intended to produce maximum inequality: IT startups. An incredible exercise in hypocrisy.
- squigz 3y agoWhy did you quote capitalism, but not Marxism?
- palmfacehn 3y agoThat's a slippery definition. It depends on who is hurling pejoratives.
- anovikov 3y agoBecause Marxism is a very particular political ideology with very sharp limits: "anything that advocates for prohibition of private ownership of means of production is a Marxism". It doesn't need to be quoted. Capitalism on the other hand, is all of the world economy and it has no alternatives, at least those are not being tried anywhere. People complaining on "capitalism" are simply complaining that "world is unfair". I can't take any of those complaints seriously. One thing is to complain on particular issues in particular countries such as - overly high taxes, or overly low taxes on rich, corruption, zoning, etc. - but complaining on "capitalism" is like saying "i don't like this world, give me another one".