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Yes, I've noticed that debates with those who advocate socialism over capitalism tend to devolve into arguments over semantics. It seems that so very few of yo
by notdrunkatall 13y ago
Yes, I've noticed that debates with those who advocate socialism over capitalism tend to devolve into arguments over semantics.
It seems that so very few of you can argue in favor of your favorite alternative to capitalism well enough to refrain from nitpicking. It becomes tiresome after a while.
- dragonwriter 13y agoUsing your weak definition of capitalism, I've rarely seen anyone advocate socialism over capitalism, since all socialism that I've seen advocated is compatible with (and even require) your weak definition of capitalism, they aren't alternatives to it. And, while there's probably some definitions of "socialism" and "capitalism" for which my preferred tuning of a modern mixed economy is more "socialism" than "capitalism", all I've been arguing in this thread is that your Marx-in-reverse arguments about the inevitability of capitalism are as ludicrous as Marxist fanatics arguments about the inevitability of Communism -- and that's not even related to advocacy about the desirability of any system.
- notdrunkatall 13y agoSemantics.