The most evolved contemporary society has elements of both capitalism & socialism, in approportionate relationship that protects both individual freedom & care for the common good. This shouldn’t be either/or but rather both/and. It’s not a binary choice in theory or in practice.
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capitalism as a system depends on accumulation of resources and a system where wealth is the same as political influence cannot by definition be inclusive of all. this doesn’t even address the issue of exploitation of labor value by capitalists. socialism or barbarism
I believe capitalism can have a conscience. It depends on the consciousness of those who exercise it.
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Sadly, even the fabled strong social democracies ("socialism") of Scandinavia & Europe have suffered damage to public sectors which appear to be in the process of being dismantled. The force of capital is relentless, even where it was thought to be subdued. Give it an inch...
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those who exercise it have proven not to have a consciousness—at least not re: capital A system that rewards and encourages alienation, exploitation, and commodification of ppl is devoid of consciousness, and for that matter, love. ily but it’s an issue on which i disagree w/ u.
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We are 100% a socialist country right now because the government is in control of the printing presses and peices of paper the world uses. Capitalism is free markets when the people actually own title to assets
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I believe that too. How can a thing not work when reverence is present.
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Alot of leftists choose to use the textbook definition of capitalism to say it will put profit over ppl always, like humans can't change the words we invented. In practice yes it is profits over ppl currently, but what if the govt enacted laws to counter it and enforce it?
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How can it have conscience when it depends on the exploitation of free gifts from nature?
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That implies we have to depend on the benelovence of our capitalist rulers. When we are perfectly capable of governing ourselves. Socialism is democracy.
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Democratic Socialism needs to be rebranded to Compassionate Capitalism so Americans understand what
@BernieSanders platform and policies actually represent.
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Andrew Yang tried that with human-centered capitalism.
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Capitalism isn't an entity. It's not a real thing. It's the emergent result of the subjective values of the people who believe in it. It's a word, that means nothing objective, because words are subjective. But yeah generally it sucks b/c we suck
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