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How is a private entity allowed to buy military grade weaponry to use against their students?
Oh right... 'Merica. You guys have a problem with weapons, a problem no civilized country has. But then again, we're not talking about a civilized country but a capitalism ruled country.
There are plenty of capitalist countries where this sort of shit doesn't happen.
Because none of them are ruled by capitalism. Capitalism is their economic system, not their government system.
I with you were right...
If they were ruled by capitalism, things like universal healthcare wouldn't exist. Things are far from perfect in other countries, but there's a huge leap between the US and other counties in terms of what capitalism is allowed to do in them.
I think you are in the wrong here. Europe is definitely ruled by capitalism. What Americans don't understand is that universal healthcare benefits capitalism, because the state makes sure your workers are healthy.
Your employee is sick? State money is going to fix him up and pay (most) of the wage in the meantime.
But that has more to do with a lack of democratic accountability than with the way the economy works. In my opinion, what holds back the US the most is their completely insane election system.
That lack of accountability, imho, comes from capitalism dictating what democracy can do, and not the other way around. In other countries, democracy limits what capitalism can do, so it's more or less subordinate to it.
In the US, capitalism decides what democracy can do, so it's actually democracy which is subordinated to capitalism.
lol
Don't say, "against their students", say, "against their customers". Which makes it sound even more ridiculous.
Capitalism isn't the problem.
Edit: I would argue wealth inequality is the problem. You can have (a form of) capitalism and still fix wealth inequality.
Capitalism is a tool, used by 2000 people to rule the rest. Hierarchy is the problem. The idea that one person is better than the other.
This idea needs to die already.
But yes, money is a good tool to brainwash people into misunderstanding the worth of their work and their property. This „inflation“ treadmill is insane and makes you run faster in the hamster wheel while the rich dont work at all!
And may the odds be ever in your favor.
Agreed
Capitalism may not be the problem, but "country being ruled by capitalism" definitely is.
It's THE problem
Capitalism will seek profits over all else. If that requires implementing corporatism as a form of government it will endeavour to do so. That is the point of the whole god damn thing.
Capitalism is an extremely potent and powerful tool to create profits. Whatever else it does is incidental. If the food system can get away with creating a profit by making you eat sawdust then it will. All costs are externalised as much as possible and all profit is privatised as much as possible. This is not a bug but a feature.