Capitalism vs Socialism

[Winehole23]

Ah, the fabled anarcho-capitalists.

The disrepute of government, market power of insurance, finance and the FAANGs, to say nothing of their access to personal data and policy makers, makes this a more and more plausible future for the USA.

(for the record, I think it's a terrible one)

[spurraider21]

The disrepute of government, market power of insurance, finance and the FAANGs, to say nothing of their access to personal data and policy makers, makes this a more and more plausible future for the USA.

(for the record, I think it's a terrible one)

Actual corporate overlords

[boutons_deux]

"history tells us that it rapidly degrades into unipersonal at some point."

which history is that?

Capitalism hates true democracy, is always trying to kill it, but socialism is ALWAYS bad?

[spurraider21]

[Stan]

Chris is probably somewhere unironically Parlering about this with Charlie Kirk & Education4Libs

[Winehole23]

Where does this come from?

[spurraider21]

Where does this come from?

"supercapitalism" was trending on twitter

[FuzzyLumpkins]

"Super capitalism" is marxist economics. They just say Marxism is totalitarian communism. The indictment of the rentkeepers which they term the elite few here is straight out of das kapital.

Semantics is fun I guess

[spurraider21]

"Super capitalism" is marxist economics. They just say Marxism is totalitarian communism. The indictment of the rentkeepers which they term the elite few here is straight out of das kapital.

Semantics is fun I guess

i think thats the joke

[FuzzyLumpkins]

i think thats the joke

Sorry I have no idea of the context from where it came.

[Winehole23]

the math isn't hard. the more public goodies, the more social good.

the 1986 study by the American Journal of Public Health; https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdfplus/10.2105/AJPH.76.6.661

[SnakeBoy]

Socialist countries in the paper
Low income-China.
Lower-middle-income-Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea, Albania.
Upper-middle-income-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, USSR, Czechoslovakia, East Germany

[Winehole23]

1986, rif

[SnakeBoy]

1986, rif

Which one's would you prefer to have lived in, given the benefit of hindsight?

[DMC]

the math isn't hard. the more public goodies, the more social good.

the 1986 study by the American Journal of Public Health; https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdfplus/10.2105/AJPH.76.6.661

That's fine if you happen to be society. If you want good for you and your family, lowering your standards for the social good isn't attractive to about half the nation.

[Winehole23]

That's fine if you happen to be society. If you want good for you and your family, lowering your standards for the social good isn't attractive to about half the nation.

Actually, pandering somewhat to the public good floats all boats. lowers the cost of doing business.


If you've been paying attention, you'd have noticed I advocate a mixed system, not one that's strictly capitalist or strictly socialist.

The profit motive sorts ill with public weal, consisting of only short term financial gains by people who control assets.

Robust public education, infrastructure and health care keep costs lower for business and promote productive vitality for everyone.

[Winehole23]

Forgot about this



https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/t...eers-socialism

[Winehole23]

water lines