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> 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?
I would argue it's immoral to bankrupt him, for he is your comrade
Agreed
and by doing yourself well you are doing him harm
I would say I'm a national capitalist. Probably the closest example in US history is Teddy Roosevelt
therefore, competition forces people to be immoral
therefore competition is a something to be avoided
>comrade
>nazbol
Meh... idk
>comrade
>his actual name is NPC#504478
Competition is inevitable because the laws of supply and demand are inevitable. Trying to avoid it is utopian fantasizing
but the state has to minimize
because it makes people immoral
and develop vice
The only goods transferred should be military issue. Economics itself is a vice
@DairyMaxx juche gang?
I'll say the answer is inbetween, god forbid you call me out as a... *centrist*.
that's handwavy
where is in between then
I don't think it's immoral to want more business to go to you. Now if you were to sabotage your competition, that's one thing, but barring that, competition incentivizes providing a better product in hopes of winning customers
Things that cannot be avoided:
Competition,
Supply and demand,
And
Greed (human nature regardless of tribe)
^^
so we have 2 things that are vices, and instead of fighting them we'll jsut accept them
sounds like a slippery slope into the modern world tbqh
And competition is what leads to growth. minimizing it is a bad idea. Letting it go rampant, is also a bad idea.
The system has to abide by human nature
human nature cannot be one of vice
I'm still pretty undecided on economics
Growth is over rated. We need stability
^
If you consider greed vice, then it is