Comments by "Craxin01" (@Craxin01) on "Why Are You Still a Capitalist?" video.

  1. I think the hang-up here is the difference between having a choice or being commanded by the government to do something. When it comes to government fiat, things tend to go downhill quickly. Good regulation coupled with incentivizing cooperatives and disincentivizing greed would be great and still allow for ACTUAL capitalism to flourish. The other disconnect here is the constant conflation of capitalism with corporatism. One is a basic system framework and the other is the same system but with a lot of laws favoring the wealthy and punishing everyone else.
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  2.  @macrumpton  No socialist nation has ever functioned as you say. It's the same have and have-not structure, but instead of large corporate heads as the haves, it's the government. Look at the Soviet Union, China, Cuba. They weren't looking out for the people, they were looking out for the party. Capitalism isn't perfect, and it's flaws can mutate into Corporatistic greed, but it's a far sight better than Marxist ideals. And, yeah, regulations are commands by the government, but enforced with fines and lawsuits not arrests and gulags like in every communist nation Earth has ever seen.
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