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Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell
- piperswe 3y agoI don't necessarily agree with the wording of the title (it reads like "socialism is when the government does stuff"), but I definitely agree with the sentiment of calling out hypocrisy.
- ashconnor 3y agoThe word has been so thoroughly bastardised that it no longer can serve a purpose in any non-academic contemporary discussion.
- readthenotes1 3y agoCapitalism or Socialism? (I am unaware of serious controversy around {when, I, buy, sell}, but am ready to be enlightened) I was ready to quibble with the wording of the title, but after reading the content decided that it was okay.
- bakli 3y agoI am guessing socialism, because that's the context it was replied in
- ashconnor 3y agoCorrect. The latter. I think capitalism and corporatism are interchanged a lot but socialism has gone way beyond describing economics.
- readthenotes1 3y agoMost of what he is complaining about are regulations, which has more to do with a free or a closed market economy rather than the ownership and investment into the production mechanisms
- bakli 3y agoAh my bad. I was mostly talking about people wanting govt to intervene with prices of things they're buying (employee time, hospital visit, google play store). Apologies, english isn't my first language.
- jakelazaroff 3y agoFWIW I think the meaning is clear — "socialism for X, capitalism for Y" is a pretty common template that people use in the exact way as your blog post, even if it doesn't exactly fit the dictionary definition of either word.
- alistairSH 3y agoRules for thee, not for me is the generic version.
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- readthenotes1 3y ago"Regulations when I buy, free market when I sell" Just doesn't have the same oomph to it as your wording
- bakli 3y agoHaha, yes!
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