autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them] to the_dunk_tank • 7 months ago"capitalism doesnt exist" is a new one for meimagemessage-square64 fedilinkarrow-up1174file-text
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minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]hexbear4·7 months agoI've had a coworker unironically tell me that capitalism doesn't exist in the US because government meddling prevents true capitalism from doing its thing. He considers himself a libertarian, too. link
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]hexbear1·7 months agoYeah I've heard that one too, especially in some of the reddit debatebro cesspools like /r/CapitalismVSocialism It doesn't even matter if it's not "true" capitalism if "true" capitalism inevitably leads to monopoly and regulatory capture. link
I've had a coworker unironically tell me that capitalism doesn't exist in the US because government meddling prevents true capitalism from doing its thing.
He considers himself a libertarian, too.
Yeah I've heard that one too, especially in some of the reddit debatebro cesspools like /r/CapitalismVSocialism
It doesn't even matter if it's not "true" capitalism if "true" capitalism inevitably leads to monopoly and regulatory capture.