Capitalism and freedom are inextricably linked, and both are at risk. I believe freedom is worth fighting for, and that we must, starting with a fight for our language. I wrote about the nature of capitalism, the threat to capitalism, and a way forward.https://link.medium.com/8mj76mhPST
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Replying to @micsolana
I often wonder if we should ditch the term capitalism and just use freedom whenever possible... it’s more intuitive, especially in your “man in the forrest example” where there is little, if any, “capital”.
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Replying to @StephenKYoung
Freedom is a broader term that includes (necessarily) right to property. Ceding the fight for "capitalism" would be akin to asking for "health" generally when what you need to live is heart surgery.
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Replying to @micsolana
I guess I would simply define capitalism as the name we have given to freedom in the economic realm. The term itself is not the real battle, it’s a battle over whether to respect the human right to freedom in the economic realm.
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separately, free market and capitalism aren’t synonyms. free market concerns trade, an aspect of capitalism. capitalism speaks more directly to our rights, specifically right to property (to own, to shape, to trade)
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