[-] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

It literally is though. In the middle ages would you have said "it's not all feudalism, there's actually some merchants too!"

So the current global market, as counted by GDP isn't capitalism?

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Oh, wait, you're right. China's socialist, so not the whole international system. Any given imperialist country still relies on growth to keep capitalism alive, though.

[-] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

Many capitalists are losing their investments when the economy shrinks though, even if some benefit. The system as a whole needs growth, as all the propertied are expecting to continue accumulating constantly, as physical resources dry up, and workers can hardly be exploited any more.

[-] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

That’s just capitalism. It’s absurd to define capitalism as only capitalism absent government intervention when the government has always existed on their behalf (as long as the system’s been in place).

[-] QueerCommie@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Everything. Just steal.

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