Message from @mcstubbs
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If those on top in a capitalist society are monitored society will become very unfair very quick
however, once it is inhibited it slows down and immediately tears down any previous barriers that stood in its way
monopolies will form etc
Well a capitalist society needs to strike balance between too much regulation and not enough
the rise and fall of the welfare state is a terrific example
btw, when i'm talking i'll use "keynesian economics" and "welfare state" interchangeably, even though it's not really correct
just want to avoid causing confusion, i'm not the best writer
thats fine, im not either
the basis of capitalism is the individual accumulation of wealth, and it needs to continuously expand in order to survive
this is why regulations, while they have good intentions, are treating gangrene with neosporin
and also why they inevitably fail
if the power of those on top is not monitored, society will quickly grow unfair, and therefore will not be stable, productive, or anything else I'd want a society to be. I don't think it's necessary to delve deeply into why winner-take-all society wouldn't be very stable, so suffice to say: those who are starving need food, so they must take the food from those who have it, but those who have it aren't willing to give it up, so violence is the only option left for the starving (revolution!).
and now that capitalism has overexpanded and is running out of ways to expand, it's experiencing slowdowns
What do you mean
well, only a very negligible amount of capital in the world isn't in the possession of the capitalist system
and capitalism requires constant growth and competition in order to survive
now that it's running out of ways to expand, it's hitting major slowdowns
I gotta go to do some jobs, will you be around in about 2 hours?
possibly, i might be in bed
it's about 1 am over here
Yeah that'd be ok
i'm quite enjoying this discussion
same
good luck on the jobs
Cya, have a good night
night
so
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how is everybody?
wtf, i just got rid of the death penalty in my country and it outlawed extreme political groups
nationstates is weird
I'm goodo
Got a 6,000 word essay on lacan to write
My topic is incels
college sounds difficult but fun
Struggling to come up with things to write
i mean, would it be using lacanian psychoanalysis on an incel?
Yeah
Exactly that
see if you can procure an example.