The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
Many of our regulations are nothing more than a barrier for a small business to start.
It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla. Only someone with his wealth and connections could push the EV industry to where it is now.
Doesn’t mean I like Elon as a person but that is where we are now. To get a new idea going, we need a mega wealthy person to do it and that shouldn’t be the case.
To my knowledge, capitalism is defined as a market economy where the means of production are privately owned by investors and operated for a profit. It fundamentally concentrates money to a small number of investors, who are incentivized to use that money to more efficiently concentrate money in their pockets (e.g. influencing politics).
Whether it’s the intended outcome of capitalism, it’s certainly an inevitable one. Which is why I asked, how you would define capitalism such that it doesn’t inevitably lead to the mega wealthy with power to influence regulation.
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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
“an era of free-market capitalism”
Not sure what you mean by a small group. Anyone who a pension, a 401k, etc is an investor. Almost every American is an investor. It’s how we fund our retirements.
> The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
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> It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla.
Usually I’m with you but…HUH? #ElonMusk literally owns #X, one of the largest social media platforms, and therefore has some amount of political power in the #USA.
Most of our economy is small business.
The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
Many of our regulations are nothing more than a barrier for a small business to start.
It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla. Only someone with his wealth and connections could push the EV industry to where it is now.
Doesn’t mean I like Elon as a person but that is where we are now. To get a new idea going, we need a mega wealthy person to do it and that shouldn’t be the case.
I’m not seeing a definition of capitalism here.
To my knowledge, capitalism is defined as a market economy where the means of production are privately owned by investors and operated for a profit. It fundamentally concentrates money to a small number of investors, who are incentivized to use that money to more efficiently concentrate money in their pockets (e.g. influencing politics).
Whether it’s the intended outcome of capitalism, it’s certainly an inevitable one. Which is why I asked, how you would define capitalism such that it doesn’t inevitably lead to the mega wealthy with power to influence regulation.
Capitalism is the private ownership of property.
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. “an era of free-market capitalism”
Not sure what you mean by a small group. Anyone who a pension, a 401k, etc is an investor. Almost every American is an investor. It’s how we fund our retirements.
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> The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
…
> It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla.
Usually I’m with you but…HUH? #ElonMusk literally owns #X, one of the largest social media platforms, and therefore has some amount of political power in the #USA.
When he bought Tesla, he didn’t own X. He was wealthy but not insanely wealthy.
I wish he hadn’t bought x and just stuck to cars and rocket ships.