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Capitalism 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
by FloorEgg 5mo ago
Capitalism 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?