When you discuss capitalism, what, precisely, do you mean *by* "capitalism"? What is the basic mechanism of the system?
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Replying to @chaosprime
@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 -
Replying to @chaosprime
@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 it1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @chaosprime
@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 -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime I've not read Das Kapital, or Keynes' General Theory, and I've only parts of The Wealth of Nations.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sapphixy
@chaosprime While they're both tremendously important in the history of my field, they're not terribly relevant to modern theory, save for +1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sapphixy
@chaosprime the parts that are still part of fundamentals (and Keynes is most prominently represented there).1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @chaosprime
@asymbina tbh the idea of reading Marx and Engels makes me utterly weary b/c they were quite explicit about engaging in motivated reasoning1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@asymbina (Engels "putting socialism on a scientific basis" in the late edition intro to Anti-Duhring, i'm thinking of)
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Replying to @chaosprime
@asymbina doesn't mean their ideas are bad but constantly being on guard for normative vs. descriptive exhausts the crap out of me1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @chaosprime
@asymbina at least i enjoy Engels, he's irritated by exactly the same sorts of things that irritate me0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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