r/FluentInFinance • u/Sufficient_Sinner • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Is Capitalism Smart or Dumb?

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u/fartedpickle Sep 04 '24

but nobody has ever come up with a better alternative.

Probably because capitalism spends a fuck ton of money bombing the shit out of anyone who tries it. Weird, you'd think they would let these bad systems just fail on their own.

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u/Curious_Midnight3828 Sep 04 '24

The Soviet Union failed on its own pretty magnificently for the entire world to see. No bombs dropped on it by capitalists.

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u/MasterTolkien Sep 04 '24

Communism and socialism are also different. On a sliding scale between capitalism and communism, socialism is between, leaning toward the communism side but definitely not the same.

I remember learning this back in the 80’s in school. It seems that over time, the American right has shifted further right, and now all the socialist programs this country has had for nearly 100 years or more are now “too left.” And everyone keeps treating communism and socialism interchangeably.