Hi all,

I’m seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I’m wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I’m pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn’t the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I’m happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

  • masquenox@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m pretty pro-capitalism myself,

    No, Clyde - lick the boots of parasites if you want… but you are the one that needs to justify your beliefs. We who have seen through the fairy tales have no need to justify anything to the likes of you.

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      1 year ago

      Look, if people come to you in good faith to learn and you reply like this, how are you expecting to organize and positively influence people around you? Are you gonna build socialist utopia alone?

      The idea is to build stuff together right? If you’re antagonizing everyone, how do you expect to achieve that?

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        1 year ago

        Look, if people come to you in good faith to learn and you reply like this,

        No-one that unironically labels themselves “pro-capitalist” asks this in good faith… no-one. You’ve fallen for an “enlightened centrist” troll - and I see you’re not the only one.

    • Mefek@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Dude, that is not the way to talk to someone if they are just trying to understand. They were raised in a capatilist country and were taught capatilism is the best. They are trying to expand their horizons and the way you responded will just make them think that we’re all a bunch of assholes. Even if you wanted them to dig deep and find out why they care for capatilism that is not the way to do it. This is how we accomplish nothing but antagonism.

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        1 year ago

        Lol! Have you noticed all the naive people on here expending large amounts of energy explaining their distaste of capitalism instead of making the enlightened centrist troll defend their beliefs?