you know how libs always say knee-jerk "communism only works on paper" despite the opposite being true? i would like to crowdsource help in writing a good retort to that, that could. hopefully plant seeds in someone’s mind.
you know how libs always say knee-jerk "communism only works on paper" despite the opposite being true? i would like to crowdsource help in writing a good retort to that, that could. hopefully plant seeds in someone’s mind.
The liberal response to number 2 is, unfortunately, to agree that total unbridled capitalism "doesn't work". They will then move on to say some crap about "we need to regulate capitalism and mix what's best from capitalism and socialism".
Liberals doesn't read theory so they believe that Capitalism With a Human Face is possible, even preferable to other systems. Number two is leading liberals to support capitalism with means tested gruel rations for the poor, not socialism.
This is why it's crucial to stress that regulations (depending on which one you're talking about) are either antithetical to capitalism or are captured by it. Because capitalism will corrode or compromise any restraints people attempt to put on it, regulating capitalism is just kicking the can down the road. This fits well with point 3: if at some point you have to do away with a key component of capitalism to do something as basic as keep the planet habitable, the scope of regulation that would actually "fix" capitalism would effectively dismantle it. So you can get to the conclusion that we just need to do away with capitalism altogether by that route, too.