• RoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    I’ve had a coworker unironically tell me that capitalism doesn’t exist in the US because government meddling prevents true capitalism from doing its thing.

    He considers himself a libertarian, too.

    • quarrk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Yeah I’ve heard that one too, especially in some of the reddit debatebro cesspools like /r/CapitalismVSocialism

      It doesn’t even matter if it’s not “true” capitalism if “true” capitalism inevitably leads to monopoly and regulatory capture.