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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is not sustainable over the long term. [View all]walkingman
(7,660 posts)51. Capitalism has become almost a religion in the US. Deregulation is destroying Capitalism.
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But we don't think in terms of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Mar 2019
#16
No it hasn't, Capitalism is a product of the Industrial revolution, so maybe 200 years so far...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#58
True, though Mercantilism I would say is a type of Proto-Capitalism...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#95
I was trying to be generous, by the way, after all, if Capitalism does date back that far....
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#81
Yeah, true, it does seem like Capitalism, at the very least, requires the existence of a large...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#97
True but I was rltalking about recent chattle slavery and European imperial genocides. Nt
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#121
Sort of. But it hasn't been the world's dominant economic system for that long.
DanTex
Mar 2019
#112
Not really, its just the most recent in a long line of differing systems that humans have used...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#59
There have been, but most of the time they were crushed by one of two forces...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#98
No. I was replying to a person who seems to think nazis were socialists - they were not.
aidbo
Mar 2019
#116
Again, that's a false talking point. The contemporary socialists were not fooled..
aidbo
Mar 2019
#120
If capitalism and socialism were on the ballot the former would win.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2019
#43
AMEN AND AMEN!!! I've been studying this for some time and every one of those have ended
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#55
I don't have a plan. But we should start a discussion of a post-capitalism nation. n/t
Yavin4
Mar 2019
#42
We need a gradual movement away from capitalist control of govt. to citizen control.
Yavin4
Mar 2019
#52
If you are saying government should be the employer of last resort I agree with you.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2019
#73
Jesus knew this 2000 years ago, and I say that as an atheist, but Republicans need to read the bible
Doodley
Mar 2019
#40
We can change that. We have to work together to stop the trend toward fascism.
raging moderate
Mar 2019
#122
Mostly because they rely on their natural resources or a large amount of "free trade"....
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#61
And what would socialism rely on? It would also need natural resources or trade with other countries
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#62
True but such trade, without there being a profit motive, wouldn't have to be exploitative...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#78
That would only make theoretical sense in a case where we had a single socialist government,
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#88
I would call it a misnomer to call it a "Socialist" government, Democratic is preferable...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#90
Yes. You described a government that sounds like what they had in Communist China.
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#91
So China was a worldwide stateless economy? What are you talking about?
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#101
Interesting post and responses. I have herd that late stage capitalism is State Monopoly
c-rational
Mar 2019
#49
Capitalism has become almost a religion in the US. Deregulation is destroying Capitalism.
walkingman
Mar 2019
#51
Capitalism as practiced now needs to brutally oppress the underclasses...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#60
Capitalism is simply the private ownership of the means of production for profit by said owners
Yavin4
Mar 2019
#64
Without govt subsidies, those companies would not invest in environmentally targeted entities
Yavin4
Mar 2019
#100
Capitalism is great at creating wealth. It's absolutely shit-horrible in DISTRIBUTING that wealth.
HughBeaumont
Mar 2019
#65
Yes it is. But what we have in the US is not capitalism, it is capitalist socialism which is not
cbdo2007
Mar 2019
#79
You seem to not know what words mean, what are you talking about? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#82
Its a very weak Social Democracy, but it certainly isn't Socialism...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#84
Social Security is an example of a socialist program as is Food Stamps and Medicaid.*
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2019
#85
Its Social Welfare and might be supported by Socialists, but isn't, in itself, Socialist...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2019
#86