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by prolikewh0a
2859 days ago
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>Capitalism gives people the full fruits of their labor except when they voluntarily decide to give the fruits of their labor to someone else A lot of people don't have a choice otherwise, except homelessness and poverty. Not exactly a 'free' system. Runaway free market Capitalism creates this problem as it sends money to the very top leaving the rest to fight for a small portion of the pie. Working is not voluntary in USA unless you already have plenty of money, or are supported by someone with money. >to some extent it is impossible to prevent them because of scarcity There's no such thing as scarcity of pretty much anything in USA. We have 18.9 million vacant homes, with 3.5 million homeless [1]. We throw away 150,000 tons of food every single day [2]. There's no scarcity there, it's just capitalism at work. I'm putting the blame on the correct ideology. None of this would happen under a sane system with checks and balances. What you're seeing right now is _raw capitalism_ at work. [1] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-skip-bronson/post_733... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/18/american... |
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Right. The system we are in is not a free system and those are indeed problems with this system.
> Runaway free market Capitalism creates this problem as it sends money to the very top leaving the rest to fight for a small portion of the pie.
Crony capitalism creates this problem, not free market capitalism. Crony capitalism is an opposite of a free market.
> Working is not voluntary in USA unless you already have plenty of money, or are supported by someone with money.
It is voluntary. It is unfortunately necessary too, in many cases, but again, the United States are only weakly capitalist.
> There's no such thing as scarcity of pretty much anything in USA.
The United States’ GDP per capita is $59,501. That’s scarcity.
> We have 18.9 million vacant homes, with 3.5 million homeless [1].
I just mentioned rent controls. I agree that this is bad, but it’s got nothing to do with capitalism.
> None of this would happen under a sane system with checks and balances.
Agreed. We might disagree about which system this is though.
> What you're seeing right now is _raw capitalism_ at work.
Either we’re not using the same definition of capitalism or it isn’t. I am anarcho-capitalist. Raw capitalism looks like not having a state, or at the very least having only a minimal state. What I’m seeing is Donald Trump imposing tariffs on solar panels, washing machines, and imports of steel and aluminum. Raw capitalism this is anything but.