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41 sats \ 2 replies \ @didiplaywell 10h \ parent \ on: "Free market capitalism" in America. Are we happy with the results? econ
The socialist rhetoric is so powerful, even in blatant presence of evidence of the exact contrary, that sometimes I have genuinely questioned me if it's us the ones who are wrong, and people actually deserve to be enslaved and pay the price of their utter idiocy. Socialism proved that there's one and only one thing that truly matters: rhetoric. Everything else comes second, at any cost, as history has lavishly proved: no matter the price, no matter the size of the tragedy, no matter how consistent the failure, how blatant the reality... people will hold to it for dear life....
... I mean... it's really our fault at this point, Platon made this very clear a millenia ago with his allegory of the shadows in the cave... we are the delusional ones here pretending we can go against that fundamental human nature... perhaps, despite being doomed to failure, socialism is actually que only system that can govern men, even if it will not serve men...
Socialism doesn't seem to be the answer.
I wonder if you have thoughts on why capitalism becomes crony capitalism? In the examples in the original post, I'd ask, do you like the result of these types of industries? Do you think they generally benefit the public?
Perhaps this is the best we can expect?
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I answered this a little in your other comment. I may add that we can expect as much as people's culture shifts from tribalism. Otherwise, any trace of capitalism is nearly accidental, and even then it works so well than when it's fully ignored.
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