how long were you gone

Like

i was gone for around 4-5 days

Almost a month

for days or for months, the only thing you need to know is that we missed you a bunch

Ic

yey

snow got pretty damn bad while I was away

It hasn't even snowed at my place

Lol

so much so that when I took the dog out to walk her the moment she stepped in snow she started yelping and limping in pain

either she stepped on salt or the snow just got that cold

shes fine now tho

That's good

@Spookaswa @urban I take it you guys are anti-capitalism, am I correct in this assumption? If so, I'm curious as to why.

It's about as damaging to traditional society as socialism.

If not just as damaging.

I'm not exactly anti-capitalist, I think that a more socialistic version of capitalism, like social democracy, would it be a good fit.

Total socialism has proven to be non-sustainable

socialism is morally wrong, even if you put democracy in it's name

I agree

It depends on how we define Capitalism

I love private property. I love business, etc.

But I hate capitalism and what it has done to society

We need to reel the market it, and make sure it serves the people, not the other way around

It's why I like the distributist ideal

Preferably decentralizing the economy would be my suggestion.

Socialism isn't morally wrong in my opinion, at least in theory, promoting equality between the different social classes isn't inherently wrong.

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets.
In a capitalist market economy, decision-making and investment are determined by every owner of wealth, property or production ability in financial and capital markets, whereas prices and the distribution of goods and services are mainly determined by competition in goods and services markets.

^ What here do you oppose?

Felt obligated to post this given the discussion

The definition I posted is objective. It's not "muh materialism"

@Deleted User It fails to control itself for the sake of society

There's always been many of these factors

Name a system that does

There's almost always been private property, voluntary exchange, etc.

Competition

Capitalism is just free markets

where previously they were controlled

That's not the definition.