Kind of like how socialism failing and reverting to capitalism (USSR, Yugoslavia) is the fault of capitalism.
In the case of Yugoslavia, it was the debt crisis brought on by IMF loans and austerity that broke it up - so yeah, kind of.
That said, they got themselves into it by getting in bed with the IMF in the first place.
Hot take: capitalism works when you turn capitalism against itself. Let corporates compete with each other to create high quality of products for every niche it can find.
Actual capitalism has been suppressed in the US for a long time, don’t let it happen to you. A little kids lemon juice stand being shut down for not having a permit is a perfect example, while corpos getting away with killing people is just the cost of business.
Edit: I think whoever down voted me probably misunderstood me.
Personally, I buy and sell equipment; things that people need, and are almost always broken. I fix the stuff and sell it reasonably, I do have some altruistic tendencies. Like the washer or dryer that will just end up at the dump gets fixed for someone that’s in a pinch. The capitalism that people hate is companies like microsoft and sony.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
My point overall was that, when it comes to a person, capitalism is heavily regulated; but a giant company gets to get away with anything.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
That isn’t regulation though - that’s capitalism.
The fact that they made it illegal to jailbreak things isn’t an accident - capitalism REQUIRES a state, and will use it to push advantages of the rich, always.
Owners pay workers,
As little as possible,
Workers vote for that
If workers consistently elected the platform with pro-worker planks and has passed bills when they had enough majority, all could have healthcare even when laid off so Evil Corp can make the extra 0.03% profit, paid sick and family leave and school meals for students, all help working families and basic expectations in other countries. All this reduces the artificial scarcity that the owners inflict on us.
Find out more here or on your own, but check sources. Q: How does artificial scarcity of basic needs, make it hard for people to feel and do better in life and they numb with social media, which makes it worse?
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