Whoever controls capital gets to direct where production goes. Yes? That's not a bug in the system, that's how power has been designed to works at world scale.
Correct, but that's not power. Understand what it means to generate positive returns year in and year out; it means you're adding value to others. Consumers, Mises pointed out long ago, are the ultimate captains of the capitalist boat.
You even acknowledge Marx was "right-ish" about alienation. You acknowledge inequality has grown ...because in our great, capitalist-infused abundance we now have the unprecedented trouble of deciding what to do and how to spend our time/work for meaning. Inequality has shrunk, globally speaking; and it's an irrelevant metric anyway.
...as is "periphery and core." Humans make decisions, entites like "nation-states" (or collection of them, referred to as "periphery") don't.
...and consumers capture the vast majorities (90+%) of the gains from innovation and progress. The Besos and Musks gain a paltry bit, multiplied by mass-market billions.
If you have a specific objection, engage with the provided literature. Dismissing it without reading it isn't a counterargument.
Dude, there's plenty of things for you to read if you actually want to learn or engage with these topics — rather than spewing nonsense into the internet void. I've written some posts on SN. Books that thoughtfully engage with these ideas include:
McCloskey's Bourgeoisis series (#1534753), part 1 for the ethics; part 2 for the economics.
Johan Norberg's The Capitalist Manifesto#969787, #607347
Mises' Anticapitalist Mentality from half a century ago is seriously underrated
Maybe, just maybe, consider that you fell down a dark, intellectual hole that doesn't apply to the world and doesn't serve you. Some of the resources above can help you climb out of said hole.
TL;DR, this is what I mean. People with Marxist/anti-capitalist mindsets are just hopelessly mistaken -- factually and ethically -- about absolutely everything. It's despicable.
Correct, but that's not power. Understand what it means to generate positive returns year in and year out; it means you're adding value to others. Consumers, Mises pointed out long ago, are the ultimate captains of the capitalist boat.
...as is "periphery and core." Humans make decisions, entites like "nation-states" (or collection of them, referred to as "periphery") don't.
...and consumers capture the vast majorities (90+%) of the gains from innovation and progress. The Besos and Musks gain a paltry bit, multiplied by mass-market billions.
Dude, there's plenty of things for you to read if you actually want to learn or engage with these topics — rather than spewing nonsense into the internet void.
I've written some posts on SN. Books that thoughtfully engage with these ideas include:
Maybe, just maybe, consider that you fell down a dark, intellectual hole that doesn't apply to the world and doesn't serve you. Some of the resources above can help you climb out of said hole.
TL;DR, this is what I mean. People with Marxist/anti-capitalist mindsets are just hopelessly mistaken -- factually and ethically -- about absolutely everything. It's despicable.