I’m not anti-capitalist; I think the most enlightened society has aspects of capitalism & socialism. But we’ve drifted into a virulent strain of capitalism, with no ethical or moral responsibility to people or planet. It will correct that, or a generation will storm the Bastille.

Oct 18, 2020 · 4:01 AM UTC

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"a virulent strain of capitalism, with no ethical or moral responsibility to people or planet" - yes, that's called capitalism. It is like this by design and it's working as intended. You can't simply fix capitalism, it's inherently exploitative and is always gonna work this way.
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I take issue with the premise that we could ever reach a "most enlightened" stage and stop evolving- I think it's a huge conceit to think that, and to think capitalism won't eventually be phased out. But after all, Marx did think capitalism was a crucial step in the process
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Capitalism is awesome except when the capitalist money buys politicians. Money should be separate from politics.
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Define enlightened. My guess is not-exploitative. You don't have that in capitalism by definition
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Really given the massive amount of state control in the economy it would seem we’ve been leaning too much into socialism.
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An enlightened society permits exploitation cool cool
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It's about time the next generation stormed the Bastille 💪🏼💪🏼
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We are seeing the end result of wealth accumulation. You can not legislate for the common good when a group of people have enough money to purchase a government.
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This is what capitalism is. It's not a "virulent strain," this is capitalism and this is what it does every time.
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