Again that's a totally different era when people were content owning small farms and there was ample land to give away but I digress

america has ample land

in modern times, this would look like ... wiat for it ... national syndicalism

@DairyMaxx are you NorCal or SoCal?

classes working together, not against

Not unless you're suggesting seizing arable land and redistributing it, we don't. We're already depleting our water with excessive agriculture out west. And most people wouldn't want to just be farmers nor could the economy function if they were

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factories can be owned equally by the bourgousie and the working class

When do I get my 2nd interview?

the financial institutions regulated

I was told Nico would be the one giving me the 2nd interview

this would be a stable system. And ik i'm too much of a brainlet to understand all the details of byzantine economics, but there is a reason why the eastern roman empire lasted over 1000 years

Ultimately, the economic system can be adapted to a political system, but the bigger concern is getting a political system people would consider legitimate

I have a question. What improvements can be made to capitalism? Or does capitalism have an inherent flaw that cant be avoided?

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Capitalism (as in private ownership) is good, but we need to regulate corporations so that they serve the national interest (eg environmental regulations, trust busting, no porn industry, etc)

I totally agree^

Some regulation is good

>having corporations

capitalism has a fundamental flaw: it relies on a human vice to function. namely greed.

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Capitalism's flaws are the flaws of ordinary people. Capitalism supplies whatever they demand. The fundamental issue with it then is mostly cultural. Take healthcare costs, for example. If people had healthy lifestyles instead of rampant obesity, they wouldn't be sky high

Agreed. It could even be compared to democracy. If America was a 100% democracy slavery would never have been outlawed and the civil war wouldn't have happened

I would argue that's capitalism's most brilliant feature. It doesn't fight human nature (greed), but rather it channels it into productivity

@Deleted User If Niko doesn't have time I might be able to do it

but would you not agree that greed is a vice that we should curb?

Capitalisms most brilliant feature is having never been tried

If we fixed the media and got it to stop promoting degenerate things, the public would demand different goods and the market would provide. The media is ultimately the root of most problems today, imo

capitalism promotes greed (whcih you conceded), yet you blame the media?

Greed is the essence of capitalism.. however, greed can lead to enormous generosity. Some people realize they have too much and tend to give a lot to others... but I would argue it is few and far between. Most want to stack as much as they can.

> capitalism is good <:really:453005408064241674>

capitalism rests on competition

now suppose that I was a butcher

Competition is good

and a friend of mine opened a meat shop across the street from mine

@YourFundamentalTheorum That's an interesting question. The answer is typically no, but where the greed becomes harmful (like billionaires trying to import cheap labor) I'd intervene in the national interest as states above

You can have competition without capitalism

Yup. I agree. National interests and the interests of the well-being of the people should come first

now customers are scarce, so you can't both exist. Would you feel morally right to condemn your comrade to bankrupcy simply because of his choice of profession?