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The "proven track record" part of your question is shortsighted. We shouldn't restrict future political thought by past political thoughts. We'd never see any
by slg 5mo ago
The "proven track record" part of your question is shortsighted. We shouldn't restrict future political thought by past political thoughts. We'd never see any progress that way.
If you're asking which one of the three I think we should focus our attention for change, I think the obvious answer from both a moral and logical standpoint is capitalism. The combination of democracy and free speech means money is political power. Allowing individuals to amass this much political power is both unjust and destabilizing. That goes for companies as well. If companies are going to be amorally motivated purely by money, we need to do a better job of pricing in externalities to put reins on that amorality.
- irishcoffee 5mo agoSomeone smarter than me can weight on this part, but I don't think it was/is capitalism per se. Moving off the gold standard, and allowing the Dodge Brothers to win the case saying stock holders were more important than paying workers were a 1-2 gut punch to capitalism. I don't believe our forefathers would be very proud of us if they saw this mess.
- johnnyanmac 5mo agoDodge v. Ford was both a landmark case and a very narrow excuse that holds no jurisdiction outside of Massachusetts. I hope someone challenges it one day, but it seems like any potential challengers benefit from pretending it's precedent.
- FloorEgg 5mo agoCapitalism is an extension of nature. Nature can be cruel, but it's still nature. Blaming capitalism for what's happening in America is like blaming an engine for a car not having seatbelts.
- platevoltage 5mo agoNo. Anarchism is an extension of nature, and a better analogy would be blaming an engine for only Rolls Royces having seatbelts.
- Ajedi32 5mo agoCapitalism is fully compatible with anarchism. (Though certainly it functions better under a system where your neighbor can't just kill you and take your stuff.)
- platevoltage 5mo agoWhich system prevents your neighbor from killing you and taking your stuff?
- Ajedi32 5mo agoBasically any system other than anarchy? In every civilized country I know of if your neighbor kills you then afterwards they'll be on the run from the law, not selling your house on Facebook marketplace the next day.
- platevoltage 5mo agoAnarchism does not mean that no rules or consequences exist in a society.
- Ajedi32 5mo agoAnarchism as "an extension of nature" certainly does mean that, as least assuming you've got more guns/muscle than the other guy. If you want to use a different definition of anarchism that includes a legal system and police force then that's not the kind of anarchism being discussed here.
- FloorEgg 5mo agoI don't understand your intended distinction with the rolls royces analogy. Would you expand? Also, I may not have as robust understanding of anarchism... Does anarchism incorporate game theory and account for tensions between competition and cooperation?