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@lindawoodrow @FisherPeter

There is nothing outdated or non-applicable about the definition of capitalism I gave. Private ownership of the means of production is still private ownership, whether it be by single individuals or corporations, the accumulation of profit is still the primary motivator in business, and while large corporations have cornered many markets and have made competition with them near impossible, these corporations still compete with each other and with... 1/2

6 Dec 2024 at 0:42 | Open on mastodon.social
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@lindawoodrow @FisherPeter

...corporations in other countries. Just because modern capitalism doesn't adhere to the specific version of capitalism that Adam Smith envisioned doesn't make it not capitalism. Capitalism comes in many different forms. 2/2

6 Dec 2024 at 0:43 | Open on mastodon.social
Alexandre Oliva
@Radical_EgoCom @lindawoodrow @bhasic ISTM that as capitalism entered the so-called imperialist phase, over a century ago, feudalism swallowed capitalism, and proletariat, petit bourgoise and even customers were turned into vassals. antitrust law held that movement in check for some time, but eventually corporate power grew and got concentrated enough that it could control governments that would otherwise enforce antitrust law. what we live under is neither capitalism nor feudalism, or it is both. it's a chimera with significant elements of both.
@Radical_EgoCom @lindawoodrow @bhasic ISTM that as capitalism entered the so-called imperialist phase, over a century ago, feudalism swallowed capitalism, and proletariat, petit bourgoise and even customers were turned into vassals. antitrust law held that movement in check for some time, but eventually corporate power grew and got concentrated enough that it could control governments that would otherwise enforce antitrust law. what we live under is neither capitalism nor feudalism, or it is both....
6 Dec 2024 at 9:09 | Open on gnusocial.jp
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