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arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe Greatest Lie about the Red Scare is that it EndedCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSocialism has been tried many times in all forms but pure unregulated capitalism hasn’t yet.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI wish I had the confidence to just say whatever shit I pulled out of thin air like that
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s a well known opinion in McCartney-Lennonism.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoPure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThe impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIs the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoRegulation opposes the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoRegulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI think we’re both saying the same thing.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoMaybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWe’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
Socialism has been tried many times in all forms but pure unregulated capitalism hasn’t yet.
I wish I had the confidence to just say whatever shit I pulled out of thin air like that
It’s a well known opinion in McCartney-Lennonism.
Pure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
The impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
Is the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
Regulation opposes the market.
Regulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
I think we’re both saying the same thing.
Maybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
We’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.