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No, you see, only the bad parts of our current society are attributable to capitalism. /s

• harimau777 3y ago
  That's what I was trying to get at. It would be unfair to not give capitalism any of the credit for the advances that we have made (after all, people certainly blame it when things have stagnated), but it's probably also not fair to give it all of the credit. There were technological advances long before capitalism and many (most?) basic research takes place outside of capitalism in academia.
  • Aerroon 3y ago
    But there's a pretty long way to go from basic research to usable technology for regular people. Of course advancement would happen without capitalism, but would it happen at a similar pace? Society socialism didn't seem to be able to keep up (eg computers).
    • harimau777 3y ago
      The Nordic countries do a lot of research & product development and they are social democracies which is a moderate form of socialism.