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What don't I get exactly? I said "it's just not for me." I'm not sure how I can be much more clear that the sentiment was in fact about me.
We are talking about systemic problems here and you came in practically going ME, ME, ME. See how that could be considered a little tone deaf? :-)
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Capitalism generally happens successfully in societies with laws. The difference with socialism is the state both defines the laws and decides how to allocate resources, which tends to result in a lot of poverty.
And in certain capitalist societies, the capital decides the laws and allocation of resources. At least in theory, in a democratic society, government should be elected by the people. Unfortunately there never was a democratic, socialist country, so it's hard to make statements based on observation with these matters.
Imagine lumping millions of spending decisions into a binary choice, alongside policy positions and everything else a government represents.
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Capitalism generally happens successfully in societies with laws. The difference with socialism is the state both defines the laws and decides how to allocate resources, which tends to result in a lot of poverty.
Government isn't an outside entity. Government is the people--except in a capitalist country where government is owned by corporations.
In what country is this true? Was everyone in Soviet Russia the government? Why did they order the killing of themselves if so?
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Capitalism doesn't happen without state and it is defined by the state, so it's a failure of state regulation, not capitalism itself. States must set different regulation and/or incentives. It's perfectly possible to have 100% ecological capitalism.
Capitalism is the engine behind the pay-to-play nature of the political processes and the supporting propaganda that triggers those failures. You cant separate capitalism from, for example, the decades of amplified Koch propaganda attacking environmental regulatory prudence and buying up politicians. The Kochs respond to incentives just like everybody else. >It's perfectly possible to have 100% ecological capitalism.…
No it's not. Greed is. Corruption happens everywhere, and as ever, a Communist state where government is far more powerful will be more corruptible.