posted in Asklemmy
Why do so many defend capitalism?
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
In America, we grow up to really cherish liberty and freedom of choice (even if it just the illusion of choice) and so we really idealize entrepreneurship.
Capitalism is the only economic system that allows upward class mobility
The examples of socialism/communism collapse are all within the lifetimes of most (or not far off for those of us under 40). Capitalism hasn’t quite failed yet (2008 hurt a lot and woke some people up to its failures).
It may not be popular with some of the instances on the fediverse but capitalism is the least flawed of all the flawed economic systems. The systems are flawed because they are ran by flawed humans. The best societies take strengths of each system and combine them to mitigate the flaws of each. Capitalism with strong social safety nets is probably the best that humans can do.
Replying to @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
This is the only reply of currently 40 that tries to honestly answer the question and of course it is down voted. People are not reading this post for honest takes, just gripes about “brainwashing”, “ignorance” and “neoliberal conspiracies.” It’s basically an eco-chamber of grievance. It’s pretty easy to make an argument for any position, and no one else even tried.