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mkane848 | 6 years ago

Seeing people say things like "Simple competition sorts it out" as if any complex problem can be answered like that. We should really know better, given our field.

Also interesting that basically anyone saying anything mildly critical of capitalism is getting downvoted without much response

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weberc2|6 years ago

I’m open to thoughtful, constructive criticisms of capitalism. Mostly what I see is “capitalism allows for some to slip through the cracks, so let’s burn it all to the ground and start over with system that has only ever failed catastrophically (or in the words of its proponents, ‘has never truly been tried before’)”.

gerbilly|6 years ago

I see literally no-one one this site suggesting we go to full communism, if that's what you're implying.

Carefully regulated capitalism should do fine. This is obviously not easy to achieve.