Or; why "well, they clothe and feed you," isn't an appropriate response when someone tells you their parents are abusive.
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(If it wasn't clear, the standard sophistry when you point out capitalism causes a lot of suffering is "it's responsible for much more good, you ingrate!")
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I honestly don’t get why the ‘guns don’t kill people, people kill people’ analogy - where it’s flawed - isn’t applied to capitalism - where it is appropriate in the context of needless suffering.
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I imagine it's for a similar reason as why the "but it wasn't TRUE communism" apology isn't criticized when it's used to defend capitalism.