| Capitalism as a social framework that “looks” like what we know wasn’t a thing until the mid-1800s 150+ years of “guidance” by experts, stewards of industry, and government making claims of operating roughly along that framework And this is where we are Humans are the problem with every social system they have built. Humans bring it down because humans get sick of propping up the dead past These silly abstractions rely on getting everyone on board and the ones that aren’t are treated as heretics Capitalism has never been about a free flow of capital and information It has since its beginning been inherently about benefiting the owners who, due to HUMAN nature, not government which is used as a straw man, an abstraction away from reality (humans are doing this, not “government”) Our economics, including capitalism are, like Trump, a byproduct of the broader cultural feelings. The words and attitudes flow; might and power bring gains. I will fight to protect them. Capitalism You can wave the math around and I’ll say ok yes they followed the rules of math. But it’s applied to the wrong context Humans are corruptable, emotional first animals. Capitalism manipulates that reality to favor conversation and action in support of owners It’s inherently intended as a framework to control conversation; protect my stuff and way of life It’s another religion. Belief and support of it are rewarded. Anything else and you starve In the land of the free. Ha |