[American biased post, because that’s what I know and where I am]
Been screaming that capitalism is not the problem you are experiencing. Monopolies, or more to the point, cartels, have exploded in scope over the past 40-years. Think of a company you hate, a company that’s fucking you over, a company that’s fucking us ALL over. Bet they fit the bill.
Hate your job at Lowe’s? Go to Home Depot! wait… There’s a great family-owned, local hardware store, but I can’t afford to shop there.
Walgreens piss you off? Just go to CVS! well damn… New local pharmacy chain is really nice! They can’t take my insurance.
If you’re under 40, or maybe even under 50, I cannot relate how alien this all is, the words fail me. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, it’s easy to think it was always like this. Oh hell no it was not.
Along with allowing corporations unlimited political “speech”, i.e. campaign contributions, the proliferation of cartels will go down in history as America’s failing point. (Basically the same thing?)
News like the current entertainment mergers didn’t fucking happen. And here on lemmy we’re talking, with a straight face, about the ups and downs of the Netflix/Warner Bros./HBO merger. And if you’ll remember, Warner Bros./Time Warner/AOL was the largest merger in US history!
I am constantly bewildered by you people who act like these things are separate, unrelated ideas.
What do you fucking mean I’m criticizing government and not capitalism? Is regulation of the economy unrelated to the economic system? Does that economic system not impact the effectiveness of various methods of regulation? Why do you feel you can just sidestep questions and claim it’s unrelated?
Welcome to logic. If you think they’re the same thing, then criticizing the government should make no difference to you.
Exasperation & incredulity when your questionable assumptions are questioned isn’t a valid argument. Neither is trust me, bro. No one owes you their uncritical faith. If lack of uncritical faith in your dubious assumptions bewilders you, then you should expect constant bewilderment.
An economic system can exist under different types of regulatory political systems/governments, and the policies can vary. They’re clearly not the same thing.
I already pointed out scholarly fields that study their interaction & address your questions in a more serious way. If you want to keep pretending there is no distinction & lack the curiosity to pursue the more serious scholarly work on the topic, then your mind is made up, I think you’re being intellectual dishonest, and I doubt you’re seeking truth.
My claim is that capitalism is not only an economic system as it will eventually replace the government as well. I feel like you enjoy talking down to people who don’t have a degree in the fantasy world of economics. The entire field is nonsense building off of nonsense.