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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)" It's certainly better than any system yet devised..."
Is that in the context of ethics or in the context of efficiency?
"especially when we have no alternative to offer..."
I think there are many alternatives. Four provided in this thread alone. That you yourself may reject them does not in fact, deny their existence. And that one may fail in one region due to variances of geopolitics, cultures, and historical forces does not directly imply that it would fail under other circumstances. To think as such is the logical fallacy called post-hoc-ergo-prompter-hoc.
But, like religion, I offer little in conversations dealing with wholly imaginary constructs which we allow to control and dictate our lives, our decisions, our families and our futures-- pretending to ourselves that one imaginary construct is "better" than another, and calling others stupid because they may or may not like your imaginary preference...