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which is why we need anti piss-in-lemonade laws and limits on how much water there can be for a given number of lemons.
we don't need to remove capitalism, instead we can restrain it from harming people
Part of me agrees with you. The other part of me knows how well capitalism can pivot so much quicker than laws can be made to curtail the bad practices, that the system seems to be the issue. Maybe the government is the issue too, but it's a lot of bad faith companies that ruins the bunch. Forward thinking and progressive thinking with quick measured action could do it, but most people who are elected aren't capable of that or are too compromised to make anything work.
Regulation could keep capitalism in check.
In reality capitalists use their money to make and change laws through lobbyists or bribes, and by propaganda through owning all media.
Couldnt that be made illegal too?
It could but it's hard with the capitalism power dynamics in place.
we don't need to remove capitalism, instead we can restrain it from harming people
That's what we've been telling ourselves for almost 200 years, and yet we are as we are...
I wanna be able to have private property though. I want that and laws that regulate corperations
btw, actually good things have happened in the last 200 years too, along with bad ones
I wanna be able to have private property though.
Do you want a house to live on (Personal Property) or a house for which you charge rent (Private Property)?
actually good things have happened in the last 200 years too.
Many of those good things were "in spite of", not "because of" the system.
Do you want a house to live on (Personal Property) or a house for which you charge rent (Private Property)?
Both depending on my situation. If I want to live in an area for most of my life, I would want to buy a home. If I plan to stay there only for a few months renting makes more sense
Also you call them personal and private property as if those are radically different, they are both owned by a non-govt entity.
Many of those good things were “in spite of”, not “because of” the system
You can just group all the good things as stuff done by actors outside of 'the system' in your head and believe this to be true. I wont even try to refute this because its all subjective.