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by dbspin 1 day ago
There are no purely capitalist states on earth. Not one. We all live in mixed economies, where some aspects of market are regulated or even entirely state controlled. e.g.: defense spending, road construction etc etc. Where exactly that money should be spent, and according to what moral framework - these are political and ethical questions. But to handwave and say 'capitalism' is meaningless. Capitalism itself, in it's modern highly financialised form - is entirely reliant on state force, the rule of law, regulation, market protectionism etc to function.