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> Another way of saying that is that capitalism is the real problem, but I was never anti-capitalist in principle, it's just gotten out of hand in the last 5-10
by palmotea 7mo ago
> Another way of saying that is that capitalism is the real problem, but I was never anti-capitalist in principle, it's just gotten out of hand in the last 5-10 years. (Not that it hadn't been building to that.)
Capitalism is a tool and it's fine as a tool, to accomplish certain goals while subordinated to other things. Unfortunately it's turned into an ideology (to the point it's worshiped idolatrously by some), and that's where things went off the rails.
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]
- danny_codes 7mo agoAgree. Capitalism is good in limited domains. Applying it generally is ludicrously stupid and will lead to another revolution in the West unless we get it under control