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Interesting he left out capitalism in his list of ideology -isms in spite of its imposition, maintenance, and exploitation by force and violence that is simply
by wahsd 14y ago
Interesting he left out capitalism in his list of ideology -isms in spite of its imposition, maintenance, and exploitation by force and violence that is simply more covert and pernicious. Once we are on the way to understanding that violence is not only the clobbering someone over the head, but also the institution and system in place that advantages one over another, then we will be getting somewhere.
- newbie12 14y agoProper capitalism doesn't involve violence-- all market actors are participating out of free will. The government should be a referee to keep the playing field level, but usually the government is busy transferring resources from the general public to insider friends and groups.
- dageshi 14y agoI think you may have just reinforced the conclusions of the article. Either that or you're a troll.
- mikeash 14y agoHow is the government going to referee without at least the threat of violence?
- adventured 14y agoObviously the government always carries with it the potential for violence - to properly only be used in response to a crime. Otherwise the parent is correct. Capitalism requires the removal of violence (as in it's illegal and punished by a judicial system) from the marketplace, and requires that the government act as the final arbiter of disputes (etc) with a monopoly on force when it comes to the enforcement of laws. In Capitalism if transactions aren't voluntary (ie without compulsion by force), then what you have is not Capitalism. Some people take to adding terms, like free market Capitalism, or Crony Capitalism, but that's ridiculous.