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I'm a capitalist. The person you are responding to sounded very reasonable.
"the US doesn't like"
That's very true. The us does not like north Korea. That isn't saying north Korea is good. It's just saying there are motives at play to make north Korea look as bad as possible.
If I said Jeffrey Epstein was a cannibal, you can say "no he wasn't" without thinking he was a good person.
Do you work for a living? If so, then you aren't part of the capitalist class.
Funny side note I think the problem with both systems is lazy people not doing what they should.
I won't go over the example for how lazy people could effect socialism because I'm sure you've heard it a million times before.
I skip straight to capitalism.
People don't vote with their dollar like they should. Everyone hates Walmart, they still shop at Walmart. Everyone hates child slavery, they still buy chocolate. Women want real pockets in their clothing, they still buy clothing that does not have pockets.
I'm lazy too in that way. I don't shop at Walmart, and I don't really like chocolate.... But I hate how shitty airlines are... When I fly tho, I buy the cheapest ticket on the cheapest airline. Every single time.
That's the problem with capitalism. I'm lazy, we're all lazy.
Yes someone explain my poor phrasing. They even mentioned the word I mentioned but I forget.
I'm not the capitalist version of a tanky.
I believe the concept of capitalism could work, and I believe it would work better than socialism. Another common ground I have with socialist is that I understand the examples of my preferred... Arrangement of society have been corrupted and not run under the ideas they claim.
That's what I mean by common ground and that's where I sympathize. I wouldn't want someone pointing at trump and saying "that's capitalism!" And I would never point at Kim jun un and say "that's socialism"
I also understand the "ideal, pure, perfect implementation" of either idea probably isn't possible.
I lean more to capitalism.
That's what I meant when I said "I'm a capitalist" I misspoke.
Not really important, but a capitalist is someone who has a significant amount of capital.
Someone who supports the existence of capitalism is called a liberal.
What on earth do you think you saying you are a capitalist does?
There are smart communists, and as you so succinctly prove, capitalists that are less so.
Pointing out I can disagree with someone's ideas and still recognize when they are being very reasonable.
Ah the ol' "you're stupid" rebuttal. Works every time. Automatic win in every debate lol
I'm slowly learning to stop arguing with people whose first instinct is to throw out an insult
Yesh, look at OBJECTION s response, and call that smart if you like lol. There are people who are smart, and others who, well, aren't.
Others
Ftfy
Thx, fixed