[aluren]

You're conflating market economies (that have been around since basically forever and that no one except the most hardcore anarcho-primitivists are attacking) and modern day capitalism (which has been around since the Industrial Revolution and is characterized by its lack of upper limit on wealth accumulation).

[asdf21]

Sure, fair enough, I'm conflating the two for the sake of simplicity, and frankly because the idea of a "limit on wealth accumulation" is a fairly muddy distinction. (A limit placed by whom? enforced how? etc. Even with soft limits this would still be called "capitalism" would it not?)

I guarantee that most people, including the the person I'm responding to, do not make a distinction between market economies and capitalism in the manner you just did. He's talking about Star Trek utopia, nothing grounded in reality or history.

[rhacker]

I like how absolutist you are about your guarantee. Almost as if even if I did say there's a way forward with changes to capitalism and not necessarily having "Star Trek utopia" is not even an option for me. Do you speak for others all the time?