[dr_petes]

> Rare as they may be, some people actually are writing detailed critiques of capitalism as an economic system. Good for them, even if I think they tend to be wrong more often than right. I hope they keep going.

So even if a person has a well thought out argument against capitalism, Johnson dismisses their thought automatically.

Interesting.

Most of the article focuses on how the individual doesn’t understand capitalism and can’t define it.

Fair, that’s the average person though. The average person hasn’t had the academic training or study to articulate every aspect of the economic model.

What the average person does have is experience with capitalism. They might not know what alienation means, but they’ve experienced it.

They might not know exactly what it means for their boss to make a profit off their labor, but they know they’re the ones making the company money, while not seeing profit sharing.

It’s easy to be a commentator and say “the average person doesn’t know what they’re talking about”, when the average person is just trying to make ends meet. I don’t like how Johnson is “punching down” in that respect.

[bllguo]

it's a perfect encapsulation of the issues with the American "left." as if the issues people face and the complaints they have are invalid because they can't articulate them. and then they wonder why they alienate voters.