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minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down12·12 days agoSocialism has been tried many times in all forms but pure unregulated capitalism hasn’t yet.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·12 days agoPure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·12 days agoThe impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·12 days agoIs the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·12 days agoRegulation opposes the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoRegulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·12 days agoI think we’re both saying the same thing.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoMaybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·12 days agoWe’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 days agoI wish I had the confidence to just say whatever shit I pulled out of thin air like that
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 days agoIt’s a well known opinion in McCartney-Lennonism.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoOh yeah? List the forms.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·12 days agoIn this case wouldn’t it make more sense to list the forms it hasn’t been tried in?
Socialism has been tried many times in all forms but pure unregulated capitalism hasn’t yet.
Pure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
The impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
Is the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
Regulation opposes the market.
Regulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
I think we’re both saying the same thing.
Maybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
We’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
I wish I had the confidence to just say whatever shit I pulled out of thin air like that
It’s a well known opinion in McCartney-Lennonism.
Oh yeah? List the forms.
In this case wouldn’t it make more sense to list the forms it hasn’t been tried in?
No