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Serious question: what would you replace the free market with? Near as I can tell capitalism is not like Marism and friends in this respect: capitalism wasn't some guy's idea that then got forced on the rest of us by governments. No, capitalism appears to be an emergent phenomenon, emerging when people are given a high enough degree of freedom. If that's the case (and I think it clearly is), then what do capitalism's…
>capitalism wasn't some guy's idea that then got forced on the rest of us by governments Marx has interesting words to say about that.[0] >given a high enough degree of freedom Except for the freedom from having to sell labour-power for a wage in order to receive means of sustenance at a rate below the value you create? Sure. You also get the freedom to choose between which capitalist you work for. Now that's what I…
> Except for the freedom from having to sell labour-power for a wage in order to receive means of sustenance at a rate below the value you create? Sure. You also get the freedom to choose between which capitalist you work for. Now that's what I call freedom. (I'm being facetious :))
That's not freedom. Nowhere in nature do we see animals receive the minimum means of sustenance just like that, for nothing, out of thin air. You might argue that we can do better than other animals, and it's true, and look! we _have_ done better than other animals.
Redefining "freedom" does get you out of this bind, but only if your interlocutors don't catch that slight of hand.
As to Marxism not being forced, unlike communism, well, let's say marxists are right that true Marxism will arise naturally, without resort to force, from the ashes of capitalism. I'm willing to wait for that. Marxists have been waiting a long time (when they don't go forcing the matter). I've no problem with them (and all of us) waiting much, much, much longer for it.