▲ 660 ▼ Capitalism in theory vs capitalism in practice (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) This isnt a function of capitalism. It is a function of concentrated power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Capitalism concentrates power, so I don't follow your point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Concentrating power is not exclusive to capitalism, and is more natural than not. In order to improve outcomes relative to capitalism, you must make a system which is geopolitically competitive with capitalist states while simultaneously actively avoiding concentrations of power. Saying capitalism is the problem is problematic because it does not account for this. If we limit our scope to saying capitalism is the problem, then we allow ourselves to advocate for systems which not only perpetuate the problem of power concentration, but worsen it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Capitalism concentrates power, so I don't follow your point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Concentrating power is not exclusive to capitalism, and is more natural than not. In order to improve outcomes relative to capitalism, you must make a system which is geopolitically competitive with capitalist states while simultaneously actively avoiding concentrations of power. Saying capitalism is the problem is problematic because it does not account for this. If we limit our scope to saying capitalism is the problem, then we allow ourselves to advocate for systems which not only perpetuate the problem of power concentration, but worsen it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Concentrating power is not exclusive to capitalism, and is more natural than not. In order to improve outcomes relative to capitalism, you must make a system which is geopolitically competitive with capitalist states while simultaneously actively avoiding concentrations of power. Saying capitalism is the problem is problematic because it does not account for this. If we limit our scope to saying capitalism is the problem, then we allow ourselves to advocate for systems which not only perpetuate the problem of power concentration, but worsen it. permalink fedilink source parent
