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6 sats \ 8 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22 Jan \ parent \ on: Capitalism Book Club #1: INTRODUCTION, and the Trouble of Defining "Capitalism" BooksAndArticles econ

People want to have government- it provides the rule of law and certainty that capital wants.

Remove government and the people clamour to replace it because they understand the nature of life without it is fucking chaos and law of the jungle.

Go live somewhere there is no government and report back

  • oh but you will not ever do that because you are a blatant hypocrit and are not insane &/or suicidal enough to actually go live by the Libertarian bullshit you preach.
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17 sats \ 7 replies \ @ZhangJiao 22 Jan

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6 sats \ 6 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22 Jan

Bullshit.
Nobody is stopping you from going somewhere there is no government except yourself and you self preservation instinct.
Because life without any government is fucking hard and you would not last 5 minutes fending for yourself.

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17 sats \ 5 replies \ @ZhangJiao 22 Jan

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6 sats \ 4 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22 Jan

Bitcoin is a nice to have.
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.
Learn the difference or learn to enjoy poverty and disillusionment.

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16 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 22 Jan
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.

Can you expand this into an actual argument? Or even give an example of a good government?

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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22 Jan

Scroll up through the preceding arguments for your answer.

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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @ZhangJiao 22 Jan

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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22 Jan

Yes it is.

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