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Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell

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Re: Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell

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Ah my bad. I was mostly talking about people wanting govt to intervene with prices of things they're buying (employee time, hospital visit, google play store). Apologies, english isn't my first language.

"Regulations when I buy, free market when I sell" Just doesn't have the same oomph to it as your wording

Haha, yes!

Re: Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell

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post #3

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Ah my bad. I was mostly talking about people wanting govt to intervene with prices of things they're buying (employee time, hospital visit, google play store). Apologies, english isn't my first language.

FWIW I think the meaning is clear — "socialism for X, capitalism for Y" is a pretty common template that people use in the exact way as your blog post, even if it doesn't exactly fit the dictionary definition of either word.

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Re: Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell

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Capitalism or Socialism? (I am unaware of serious controversy around {when, I, buy, sell}, but am ready to be enlightened) I was ready to quibble with the wording of the title, but after reading the content decided that it was okay.

I am guessing socialism, because that's the context it was replied in

Correct. The latter. I think capitalism and corporatism are interchanged a lot but socialism has gone way beyond describing economics.

Re: Socialism when I buy, Capitalism when I sell

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post #10

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I am guessing socialism, because that's the context it was replied in

Correct. The latter. I think capitalism and corporatism are interchanged a lot but socialism has gone way beyond describing economics.

Most of what he is complaining about are regulations, which has more to do with a free or a closed market economy rather than the ownership and investment into the production mechanisms
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