[crapolasplatter]

Where is this capitalism that failed?

Last I checked America is an Oligarch where our politicians bend over for the highest bidder. Glad the article at least touched on it.

Fix the Superpac,Unlimited Congregational term limits, private campaign funding, and update the lobbying rules to incorporate latest technology that allows everyone an equal voice versus just Corporate America.

Then lets call it capitalism and see how it does.

Calling the US a capitalist society is like saying Cuba is socialist.

[ZeroGravitas]

The article was perhaps too subtle on this point, but I believe she was arguing that Norway is more "capitalist" than the US, so she agrees with you to some extent.

But, if you're an American, commenting on HN in this way then you're probably a male libertarian, and would consider state run education paid for with progressive taxes as un-capitalist, and there she'd disagree.

It's notable that Peter Thiel lamented that women got the right to vote, as they don't vote libertarian as much as men. A perfect opportunity for self-reflection which I feel was squandered.

[ionised]

> But, if you're an American, commenting on HN in this way then you're probably a male libertarian, and would consider state run education paid for with progressive taxes as un-capitalist

How did you reach that conclusion?

[ZeroGravitas]

Based on the fact that they claimed that the problems with America was that it wasn't capitalist enough and the fact that US-style libertarian opinions are over-represented in this forum. There wasn't enough detail in the post to be certain of anything much.

I agree that America is more oligarchy than capitalist, as does, I believe, the author of the original article, and the commenter. But I'm guessing that there's a lot of differences in the exact solutions we'd all propose, and the norwiegen model doesn't seem popular in the US or with posters on HN who seem to have a worked out political viewpoint.

[josho]

The article's title is "American's Capitalism has Failed"...