Capitalism is not consumerism. The fact that you can buy stuff doesn't mean that you should.
In fact, one could argue that irresponsible consumerism ends up becoming the end of capitalism because all those individuals who consumed irresponsibily end up demanding the wealth of anyone who didn't. "Oh, they didn't spend all their money, they still have some, you should give it to me"
In fact, one could argue that irresponsible consumerism ends up becoming the end of capitalism because all those individuals who consumed irresponsibily end up demanding the wealth of anyone who didn't. "Oh, they didn't spend all their money, they still have some, you should give it to me"
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@sj_zero >one could argue that irresponsible consumerism ends up becoming the end of capitalism because all those individuals who consumed irresponsibily end up demanding the wealth of anyone who didn't.
This is a common critique of Capitalism by third positionists. It's so well understood that Trotsky developed his flavor of Marxism on the assumption that it's inevitable. People think that "capitalism" is when you can privately own things and have a market economy, but the reality is that's most systems that have existed since the dawn of currency. What difference does it make whether the proverbial sovereign is a corporation or a tyrannical government? Both will do whatever they can to hold on to power, and both will diffuse responsibility whenever possible. The libertarian will nod in agreement, but fails to recognize that nothing can stop gangs of people from turning everywhere into mad max Somalia besides collection of people working on coordination, and so we end up with government by another name. We need enough government to prevent mad max dystopia, and a well run government can do pretty great things when it functions for the peoples' benefit rather than against them.
This is a common critique of Capitalism by third positionists. It's so well understood that Trotsky developed his flavor of Marxism on the assumption that it's inevitable. People think that "capitalism" is when you can privately own things and have a market economy, but the reality is that's most systems that have existed since the dawn of currency. What difference does it make whether the proverbial sovereign is a corporation or a tyrannical government? Both will do whatever they can to hold on to power, and both will diffuse responsibility whenever possible. The libertarian will nod in agreement, but fails to recognize that nothing can stop gangs of people from turning everywhere into mad max Somalia besides collection of people working on coordination, and so we end up with government by another name. We need enough government to prevent mad max dystopia, and a well run government can do pretty great things when it functions for the peoples' benefit rather than against them.
@BowsacNoodle @sj_zero The fact that there's pussy, doesn't mean you have to fuck it.