The Greatest Lie about the Red Scare is that it Ended
The Greatest Lie about the Red Scare is that it Ended
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Socialism has been tried many times in all forms but pure unregulated capitalism hasn't yet.
3 18 ReplyI wish I had the confidence to just say whatever shit I pulled out of thin air like that
11 0 ReplyIt's a well known opinion in McCartney-Lennonism.
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Every single form of socialism has been tried?
Even Christian anarchism? Even Posadism? Even Queer anarchism?
Also, your answer is anarcho-capitalism?
6 1 ReplyPure unregulated Capitalism can't exist though, there's no such thing as a "pure" system to begin with.
15 0 ReplyThe impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
1 16 ReplyIs the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
18 0 ReplyRegulation opposes the market.
1 10 ReplyRegulation 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.
12 0 ReplyI think we're both saying the same thing.
1 6 ReplyMaybe, 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.
11 0 ReplyWe've never tried it so we're both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
1 5 ReplyWe can't try unregulated Capitalism either way, that's like suggesting we try feudalism. We can't go back and keep the technological progress we have.
8 0 ReplyBut feudalism has been tried.
In Scotland is was only abolished in 2004.
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Oh yeah? List the forms.
6 0 ReplyIn this case wouldn't it make more sense to list the forms it hasn't been tried in?
1 5 ReplyNo
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