I get it. Had to slow it down but I liked the light put on the systems at play.

"Capitalism is just trade" is both an oversimplification and an incorrect description of capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and capital goods. Saying capitalism is good for the bodily needs because people "are not starving as much" because it "makes us richer" ignores the reality that for a large section of the population, it doesn't, and it's a system that prioritizes individual wealth of the capitalist class, while increasing the gap between those and the working class. Social mobility has also plummeted in the last decades of capitalism. It also ignores how China, which had been capitalist for decades (they called it "communism with chinese characteristics), and in the recent years has taken a more communist approach, has taken out of poverty more people than any other country on earth (I'm obviously not supporting any other practices such as the dictatorial and totalitarian regime, but we're talking exclusively about economic systems here). Moreover, communism as an economic system also involves trade, the difference is in the ownership of the means of production. For example, there can still be large scale production and distribution, but the workers are also represented in the companies interest, and not just the interests of the capitalist class that controls them in capitalism. With a planned economy, the products could fulfill the needs of the community, and not incentivise the work ethic that would lead to the biggest profits, which are the main motors of any capitalist company. In fact, kinship is actually invirgorated in a communist economic system where equal representation and equal retribution is expected, instead of the alienation that happens with many of today's jobs. Kinship is put on a lower pedestal when the capitalist owner decides that making a bigger profit is okay even when it involves destroying ecosystems by deforestation, pollution of natural resources and increased carbon emissions. Capitalism puts you in a highly individualistic point of view, which might be expected through the bodily system you mention, but it isn't the ideal system for a social species that also depends on the environment. It's also by no means the "natural" state of being, capitalism, as many other isms, was invented and implemented through a series of trials and errors, and while it was incredibly useful and it helped grow cities like we know them today, it's also become obsolete when you think about the constant growth and expansion it needs, in a world with finite space and resources.

@59gris

9 ай бұрын

impressive to consolidate some of marx’s work into a short paragraph! bravo! in parts of the world where marxism as a thought has not been systematically oppressed, the speaker would be booed and laughed at.

Individualist realism at play

Incorrect!