Many of my mutuals are explicitly anti-capitalist and advocate for communism and/or socialism. Despite what you may have heard, as an +
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economist, I'm not necessarily opposed to these ideals (though there are empirically manifist problems with past implementations). I *have*
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stated that "capitalism" is, in and of itself, a meaningless term in my field, as far as actual theory etc. goes.
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NB: you may have heard/read PhD economists writing opinion pieces in favor of capitalism per se in their capacity as pundits. It's still +
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not a term that means much of anything in the field.
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With that said: when you criticize capitalism per se, what, precisely, do you have in mind?
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Since I've gotten a couple of responses that indicate it didn't read how I intended, let me rephrase it:
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When you discuss capitalism, what, precisely, do you mean *by* "capitalism"? What is the basic mechanism of the system?
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@asymbina my real objection is to rent-seeking and, provisionally, private ownership of land & natural resources as a vehicle to that1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@asymbina i suspect i might be a market socialist but i'm terrified to find out how people have used that term because i'm sure i'll hate it
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@asymbina in the end i don't know if i'm going to be able to keep up my so far pristine record of not reading Capital1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 8 more replies
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