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What do capitalists get right? (self.askchapo)

submitted 11 months ago by janus2 to c/[email protected]

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I think one depressing example is innovation in weapons and other dangerous fields. "If we don't build it, someone else will first" is unfortunately historically been shown to be true, has it not?

Today's unsavory borderline reactionary doomposting brought to you by: my crippling fear that I'm isolating myself in a political echo-chamber (so naturally I gotta hop online and exclusively ask my fellow leftists)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

When did I say it's efficient under capitalism?

(And most liberals aren't capitalists whether you think there's a point to that or not)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

When did I say it's efficient under capitalism?

Do you have any other examples of existing markets?

(And most liberals aren't capitalists whether you think there's a point to that or not)

I meant capitalist supporters