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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Great. Show 'em. It's all I've ever wanted. Some explanation that doesn't trace back to first principles or the geometry of human action. Some explanation where you show, "it's this way because look, we can show it's this way."
I fully disregard it.
The problem is that my views are unprovable because every modern society is a capitalism/socialism hybrid, and your views are unfalsifiable because it's never been any other way.
We can prove on a really basic level that certain things about capitalism's positive effect on world poverty are true by noting that each shithole third world country perpetually remains a shithole until free (or freer) trade is allowed to take place. After that, the poverty always gets better, and this is especially impressive when you realize that its taking place in the most corrupt nations in the world. The single party governments of places like Cambodia are doing everything they can to rob their citizens blind and yet their lives are still improving. Double digit economic growth is taking place. Middle class amenities like gyms and malls are cropping up everywhere.
But me telling you that is pointless because you already agree that capitalism is a good thing, you're just filled with paranoia that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. You're asking me to explain why capitalism doesn't concentrates wealth, or doesn't allow monopolistic mega-corporation-states to form, or whatever other dystopian idea. My response would be to put the ball in your court and ask you to tell me about one case of anything like that ever happening*.
* that wasn't aided/enabled by a state.
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