autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months ago"capitalism doesnt exist" is a new one for mehexbear.netimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1174file-text
arrow-up1174image"capitalism doesnt exist" is a new one for mehexbear.netautismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months 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-up1·7 months 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.