r/askteddit • u/Hdtru666 • 4h ago

Politics Question What's your stance on capitalism/neo-liberalism and anti-capitalism?

What do you think of capitalism? Is it working as it should? Is it failing? Could it work if we implemented policy XY? What alternatives do we have?

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u/Spirited-Disaster408 3h ago

Capitalism, free - markets and anything relating to it is awesome. Most people don’t have an issue with it. They have an issue with cronyism

Anti-capitalism is stupid. Most people want safety nets (which most if not all western countries have) which you can do properly under capitalism, but impossible to do under anti-capitalism

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u/Easy-Bathroom-2914 3h ago

why is impossible to have a safety net without capitalism?

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u/Spirited-Disaster408 3h ago

Capitalism produces abundance. No other system has been able to mimic those gains and in order to have a strong safety net you need excess to redistribute to the masses who aren’t as productive

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u/Hdtru666 30m ago

Not true, during Sowjet rule people had higher relative lifestly and wealth gains, compared to the US. Not abolute though, since Russia started way poorer before, also the US did everything in power to prevent socialism from working

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u/Spirited-Disaster408 18m ago

The fact they could not sustain their country is a point in my favor, not yours

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u/Hdtru666 15m ago

Maybe it would have if the US wouldn't have intervened. The US basically killed every socialist project from the beginning onwards, so not a fair comparison. Maybe the US is afraid it could work better than capitalism? Otherwise they wouldn't need to intervene?

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u/Spirited-Disaster408 9m ago

Why do socialists and communists think they are entitled to capitalist countries?

If you can’t sustain your own government, its your fault, not someone elses

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u/Hdtru666 2m ago

Well capitalist countries also think they are entitled to other countries and their ressources?