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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you don’t like the term capitalism, what is the synonym you use instead?

Do you think our society doesn’t live under the capitalism system or the fact the problem is the capitalism it doesn’t go well with you?

By the way I’m not judging you by any means, I just want to understand your point of view!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sometimes people mean "markets" when they say capitalism. Sometimes they mean the existence of really high wealth inequality. Sometimes they're using Marx's original definition about the means of production.

In the first case, I see no alternatives, and so am for it. In the second case, I'm against it. The third requires more discussion about how ownership should be structured, and which things count as means of production before I can even decide. Using a term that could be any of them just leads to confusion.