autismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago"capitalism doesnt exist" is a new one for mehexbear.netimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1173arrow-down1image"capitalism doesnt exist" is a new one for mehexbear.netautismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’ve had a coworker unironically tell me that capitalism doesn’t exist in the US because government meddling prevents true capitalism from doing its thing. He considers himself a libertarian, too.
minus-squarequarrk [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah I’ve heard that one too, especially in some of the reddit debatebro cesspools like /r/CapitalismVSocialism It doesn’t even matter if it’s not “true” capitalism if “true” capitalism inevitably leads to monopoly and regulatory capture.
I’ve had a coworker unironically tell me that capitalism doesn’t exist in the US because government meddling prevents true capitalism from doing its thing.
He considers himself a libertarian, too.
Yeah I’ve heard that one too, especially in some of the reddit debatebro cesspools like /r/CapitalismVSocialism
It doesn’t even matter if it’s not “true” capitalism if “true” capitalism inevitably leads to monopoly and regulatory capture.