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I really wish both sides would stop naming everything capitalism.

Whatever it is we're now experiencing, it's not capitalism.



Good, and we've never actually had communism, socialism, or hell even a proper monarchy before and any empirical criticism thereof is obviously unfounded.


Productive discourse about "socialism", for instance, can be had once all parties agree upon a definition.

Failing that, it's all just blather.

As for "capitalism", most people, pro and con, are talking about corporatism (laissez faire), which is antithetical to capitalism.




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