How can you preach the virtues of capitalism to people who don’t have any capital? It takes capital to be a capitalist. I totally understand why so many young people are saying “What the hell has global capitalism ever done for me?”

Oct 18, 2020 · 3:56 AM UTC

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It's gaslighting, and sometimes to oneself.
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Capitalism is a system of voluntary cooperation supported by government protected human rights. If you want to get some capital, just go out and trade your labor for it for a while.
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I would recommend starting with something like this: Johan Norberg does some really good documentaries on the topic. youtube.com/0AdmaE6h5GY

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How can you preach the virtues of the alphabet to someone who can't read? There is no option. Capitalism always wins.
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Young generation trap with debt (student loan) and heavy regulation from govt (corporatism). Today is corporatism not “Laissez Faire” capitalism
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It’s pure greed now in the USA
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How can you teach Love when someone was never loved?
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Everyone has capital. Work ethic, skills, intelligence, education. Take your pick, money isn’t the only capital. It’s all what you do with what you have.
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We can have markets without capitalism! Capitalism is structuring our society and economy around capital. Equitism is structuring our society and economy around equity.
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It isn't that capitalism is Bad. It's abt corruption of capitalism. Just like - there's an abundance of fantastic benefits to the internet. +there are abuses that corrupt it. Healthcare insurance isn't bad. Ins industry, abuses it. Anything can be corrupted Reforms needed.
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