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Capitalism was a term coined by Marx, so not really surprising that most using it are anti-capitalist.
According to Wikipedia the term basically wasn't used by Marx at all, and was coined by other anti-capitalists.
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I think you're doing the thing I'm literally railing against; I believe the tendency to turn a relatively simple concept like "we should have a society that has peace and also favorable trades" into IDEOLOGY is precisely how we end up with overreach.
Ideology isn't something you can avoid. It's always present in a society to support the power structures. Conflating "just having markets" with the current form of capitalism in western countries is exactly the kind of work needed to uphold the "obvious truths" that keep things going.
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Ideology isn't something you can avoid. It's always present in a society to support the power structures. Conflating "just having markets" with the current form of capitalism in western countries is exactly the kind of work needed to uphold the "obvious truths" that keep things going.
Doubt it. Explain China?
Part of it is that yes there may not be freedom of expression, but thanks to the Party's competent guidance the great Chinese nation is restoring its rightful place as a world leader.
I think it is very important to point out that cuniform tablets which contained business contracts and day to day corespindence, were mailed useing perfect security envelopes, making reading it durring transit impossible without destroying the seal, as the envelope was made of clay, sealed with the unique unfakeable seal of the sender, giving there business activities security and a sense of trust that we dont have a…
You slay me!