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What are your thoughts on liberal anti-capitalism and reclaiming liberalism for the radical left? (mastodon.social)

submitted 3 months ago by jlou@mastodon.social to c/socialism@beehaw.org

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What are your thoughts on liberal anti-capitalism and reclaiming liberalism for the radical left?

Liberal anti-capitalists typically show that capitalism is illiberal through demonstrating how it violates liberal principles. An example would be David Ellerman in:

https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Article-from-ReclaimingLiberalismEbook.pdf

He argues that capitalist employment violates liberal principles of justice such as the norm that legal and de facto responsibility should match implying a theory of inalienable rights

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My thoughts are... that I'll see if ChatGPT or something can remove the chaff from that PDF, because oh man, is it full of it.

[–] jlou@mastodon.social 3 points 3 months ago

Here is a short introduction to the core argument against capitalism based on liberal principles: https://www.ellerman.org/inalienable-rights-part-i-the-basic-argument/

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