people around here like to blame the nebulous concept of “capitalism” for all the world’s problems instead of focusing on the actual causes of those problems: billionaires and corporations using their massive wealth to stiffle competition, bribe governments, harm those beneath them for their own entertainment, and otherwise inflate their own wealth even further. What part of this is unique to capitalism? Furthermore, what aspects of communism that are actually beneficial to the common man are exclusive to communism, and couldn’t be implemented in to a capitalist system through changes in poliicy?
governments and economies are machines that require frequent cleaning and maintenance. Any government, lacking sufficient care, will decay into fascism. Look at the us currently.
“The problem isn’t capitalism, it’s just all the stuff capitalism allows and encourages people to do!”
If anything, your idea of what the problem is, is incredibly more nebulous. There’s no analysis or understanding, just “bad people do bad stuff.”
Furthermore, what aspects of communism that are actually beneficial to the common man are exclusive to communism
Are we talking about communism (economic system) or communists (ideological justification for state capitalism used by 20th century authoritarian states), because the differences between the economic system of communism and capitalism are pretty clear.
Capitalism isn’t that nebulous, we can start with the basic wikipedia definition:
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit.[a] This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by a number of basic constituent elements: private property, profit motive, capital accumulation, competitive markets, commodification, wage labor, and an emphasis on innovation and economic growth. Capitalist economies tend to experience a business cycle of economic growth followed by recessions
Now what’s the central problem here? I’d say it’s definitely capital accumulation. The problem is that capital is power, and it has a strong tendency to grow exponentially. Once capital becomes concentrated enough, it will subvert the government via bribery and any democracy via privatized propaganda. From an anarchist perspective it’s just another unjust power structure, but veiled behind layers of false meritocracy and false consent.
If you make it impossible for private individuals or organizations to accrue large amounts of capital, you effectively no longer have capitalism but you may still have a market economy.
people around here like to blame the nebulous concept of “capitalism” for all the world’s problems instead of focusing on the actual causes of those problems: billionaires and corporations using their massive wealth to stiffle competition, bribe governments, harm those beneath them for their own entertainment, and otherwise inflate their own wealth even further. What part of this is unique to capitalism? Furthermore, what aspects of communism that are actually beneficial to the common man are exclusive to communism, and couldn’t be implemented in to a capitalist system through changes in poliicy?
governments and economies are machines that require frequent cleaning and maintenance. Any government, lacking sufficient care, will decay into fascism. Look at the us currently.
“The problem isn’t capitalism, it’s just all the stuff capitalism allows and encourages people to do!”
If anything, your idea of what the problem is, is incredibly more nebulous. There’s no analysis or understanding, just “bad people do bad stuff.”
Are we talking about communism (economic system) or communists (ideological justification for state capitalism used by 20th century authoritarian states), because the differences between the economic system of communism and capitalism are pretty clear.
Capitalism isn’t that nebulous, we can start with the basic wikipedia definition:
Now what’s the central problem here? I’d say it’s definitely capital accumulation. The problem is that capital is power, and it has a strong tendency to grow exponentially. Once capital becomes concentrated enough, it will subvert the government via bribery and any democracy via privatized propaganda. From an anarchist perspective it’s just another unjust power structure, but veiled behind layers of false meritocracy and false consent.
If you make it impossible for private individuals or organizations to accrue large amounts of capital, you effectively no longer have capitalism but you may still have a market economy.