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Not true. I'm reading a great book, ATM, "The Demon in Democracy", written by a Pole who lived through communism and now, liberal democracy. The book is about how the two systems are similar and discusses both claiming the mantel of morality and so much so that both require total integration of language with the system, such as framing everything being about "economic justice", "human rights", etc, when it's never true.
Happens all the time. You just don't hear about it.
So, everything bad that happens is capitalism, even in Communist China? The only problem is, only government rations stuff. Capitalism just raises the price.
No, Communist China's social network score isn't market-driven. It's classic Stalinism.
Capitalism makes your choices for you, and government doesn't?
Sounds like comedy. Problem is, comedy has to be at least as smart as The Three Stooges to work, and that ain't.
When communist China has a few things done under capitalism pretenses, yes. Communist China is hardly immune from criticism if thats what you're asking.
Capitalism IS government. How is property protected?The only problem is, only government rations stuff. Capitalism just raises the price.
i never said market drivenNo, Communist China's social network score isn't market-driven. It's classic Stalinism.
Again, government IS capitalism.Capitalism makes your choices for you, and government doesn't?
capitalism doesn't workSounds like comedy. Problem is, comedy has to be at least as smart as The Three Stooges to work, and that ain't.
Per the subject of the govt picking winners and losers, you said the ones picked are already winners. Amazon was in the red. Perhaps you mean that someone like Bezos had demonstrated business ability when he was picked as a winner (dunno). Anyway, I took your implication to be that only the in club of the rich are granted favors and that's always so. Whatever I think about Amazon aside, Bezos built it on his own.
yes, i admit i poorly worded it.
amazon was in the red, but it was still better at anybody in the space at the time. it was also, as you admitted, growing.
winners and losers don't always specifically mean rich or poor, but even if it did, growing with a secured potential from free competition, is itself having capital.
Capitalism is an economic system, independent of govt., and amoral. Govt in any type of economic system creates and enforces laws. In a communist country, such as Cuba, I'm pretty sure a murderer gets charged with homicide, just like in the US. It would be more accurate to say that govt enforces morality (and then it's done selectively).
You wouldn't expect the CIA to give a 600 million dollar contract to a bunch of hoodrats would you? Of course, it's going to go someone capable of doing the job. Never mind that I think the CIA should abolished but, I think, you know what I mean. You don't want to award a contract for something like bridge construction based upon some stupid sh*t like "social justice". You want the best engineers at a good price.
Crony capitalism yes, but free markets not so. Think of the ancient world of of producers and traders peddling their wares from Asia to Europe. Govt didn't create that or control it. Interference came later, in the form of both capitalist and communist govt organizational structures.
Chris
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Meaning they used force it wasn't voluntary.
Government was merely the extension and outsourcing of people who already wanted to use force.
sounds totally voluntaryEven as recently as the wild west, beofre some place had a marshal or sheriff, someone messed with your homestead, you killed em and it was all good.
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