Hi all,

I’m seeing a lot of hate for capitalism here, and I’m wondering why that is and what the rationale behind it is. I’m pretty pro-capitalism myself, so I want to see the logic on the other side of the fence.

If this isn’t the right forum for a political/economic discussion-- I’m happy to take this somewhere else.

Cheers!

  • J Lou@mastodon.social
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    1 year ago

    How would a planned economy decide between 2 new projects to develop new untested technologies competing for the same resource?
    Proposals for a planned economy seem to compromise on workers’ control, one of the main motivators of anti-capitalism, and end up just making society take on the role of the capitalist. From a democratic perspective, the party governed in the firm is the people that work in that firm. By democratic principle, only they should have control