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minus-squareGuy Ingonito@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·1 day agoI think capitalism can work depending on two things The state must discipline and tax the capitalists constantly. There is a competing system that capitalism has to outperform.
minus-squaresenorseco@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours ago There is a competing system that capitalism has to outperform. That’s an interesting thought. Still trying to wrap my mind around how it might work.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoPublic services. E.g A well funded and not abused USPS. Let them compete with that instead of crippling USPS in favor of the private options. Edit: In Canada we had Air Canada, which was then sold off and privatized. We shouldn’t have done that.
minus-squareFrumple@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoNo, what actually ends up happening is the capitalists constantly pressure and influence the state to not tax them and not discipline them. It’s hard for the state to say “no” to that kind of money.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoIt’s especially hard for the state to say no because the state is run by the capitalists themselves. They are the same people.
I think capitalism can work depending on two things
The state must discipline and tax the capitalists constantly.
There is a competing system that capitalism has to outperform.
That’s an interesting thought. Still trying to wrap my mind around how it might work.
Basically like the cold war.
Public services.
E.g A well funded and not abused USPS.
Let them compete with that instead of crippling USPS in favor of the private options.
Edit: In Canada we had Air Canada, which was then sold off and privatized. We shouldn’t have done that.
No, what actually ends up happening is the capitalists constantly pressure and influence the state to not tax them and not discipline them. It’s hard for the state to say “no” to that kind of money.
It’s especially hard for the state to say no because the state is run by the capitalists themselves. They are the same people.