There is such a thing as compartmentalization. Capitalism serves certain purposes. Socialism serves others. If we had an actual free market economy, it would be easier to delineate, but we don’t. However, plenty of nations use both systems. Socialism is for the industries that 
I like when people get mad at corporations for trying to maximize their profit, even at the expense of the quality of their product, the well being of their employees, the good of society, etc. It's like…what do you think a corporation is? What do you think capitalism is?
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are “too big to fail.” Military, infrastructure building, mail, the FDA, firefighting, police, libraries, museums - these are all socialist constructs. Socialism is just about what services you want your taxes to support. They’re not mutually exclusive.
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Joke’s on you I am angry at everything all the time
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I keep trying to tell people that the pursuit of money is amoral & that the driving philosophy of capitalism is profit: to produce the lowest possible quality product people will accept at the highest possible selling price. You don't want government to be run like a business.
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Same people who think corporations can do nice things when they give a fraction of their profit to charity as a form of advertising.
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thank goodness no one in a socialist country has tried to profit or further their own interests at the expense of anyone else, ever
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People literally think capitalism exists to benefit society. Depending on how extreme their beliefs, all manner of societal ills may be addressed by invoking the Free Hand. "If only the government would stop getting involved, the Free Hand will work all things to good..."
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s/Free/Invisible/g d'oh... (hey...maybe no one noticed...)
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