[thot_experiment]

This person uses a whole lot of words to provide an extremely surface level critique which essentially boils down to: "you claim to not support capitalism yet you live and participate in a capitalist system, how curious". supported by "look at how vapid 'definitely just a cookie recipie NOT a manifesto for overthrowing late stage capitalism' is haha" and "get a real job".

There's an awful lot of well researched content out there critiquing aspects of capitalism and the system as a whole. This article is a lazy attack on the most vacuous facet of the movement. I think most people with a sort of anticapitalist lean have correctly identified that whatever the fuck economic system we have going right now has failed to distribute wealth in a way that is globally optimal and are A) mad about this, and B) looking for a solution. "Capitalism sucks" is an easy shibboleth to ease human communication about the matter. There are clearly large swaths of people for who the current system is not working well, we should listen to them.

[karmakurtisaani]

Thanks for summarizing the article. Somehow I feel that internet arguments about economic systems tend to be one of the dullest things to spend my time reading. Everyone has a strong opinion, very few have facts, education or understanding of the vast complexities involved. In the end people just get heated over straw men arguments and terrible generalizations.

[longbrass]

For-profit prisons, the "free market" of healthcare in the US, the need for environmental conditions free of demonstrably toxic chemicals, monopolistic rent-seeking... and more!... have legitimate use cases where capitalism is not positioned to address systemic issues. However, the author points to social media posts rather than address or even provide lip service to these concerns.

The result doesn't meet my bar for critical thinking, but I did appreciate the cartoon.