People are better at helping themselves than helping others. Capitalism is a net positive because of this universal comparative advantage
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Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin This is the argument for liberty, but you should consider the arguments against before declaring capitalism "net positive".2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman what are the aguments against? I cosidered some but prolly not all or the best ones. In general you should try to refute me2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin like I could start listing off various forms of market failure, but I suspect you are already familiar with the concept?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman I don't think car crashes are strong enough evidence that cars are a net negative. just that we want safety laws.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin so when you said "capitalism" you meant "capitalism tied, bound and gagged, being milked for its wealth by a captor state".2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman I meant as opposed to communism. I think even anarcocapitalism is better than atempted central planning see@tipsfromkatee1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin I feel like the time for arguing with full-on Communism has passed? even the Red Chinese aren't Communist anymore.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@drethelin when you talk about "capitalism" my default assumption for the contrast you're making is with "socialism"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@drethelin the difference between letting markets wander around free and keeping them chained up in your basement.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@admittedlyhuman @drethelin can you even let a market wander free without other people catching it and imprisoning it in their basements
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