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Capitalism in a Nutshell
| As a non-capitalist I completely agree
| It only describes capitalists propaganda that everyone is free and responsible for himself ignoring the social-economic reality. The "wealth of nations" contains many of this esoterical bullshit, like the concept of an "invisible hand" that magically leads to resource accumulation out of everyones egoistic actions.
Karl Marx's analysis and description on capitalism does match much more with scientific standards.
| >>396964 because the only reference for Capitalism is Adam Smith to you. I'd tell you to read a book but you'd only read your holy bible called Das Capital. Marx himself wouldn't advocate for such an anti scholary action but what do I know?
| Look at all the faggots in this thread. Amusing!
| DAE le capotolizm bad?!?!? Communism will work this time, guys! Trust us XDDD or else...
| Fun fact:
Just because you think capitalism is flawed doesn't mean you think communism will work. Calm down with your straw man fallacies.
| Also there isn't a single argument that holds up as to why we shouldn't socialize the U.S. healthcare system.
| >>397547
The Canadian healthcare system is inferior in virtually every respect except cost & cost related access issues?
I think parallel socialized & capitaliist systems would be best, the former to cover basic care & the latter for more complex & serious issues.
| Just give control of all industries directly to worker-organised unions.
| Capitalism proclaims competition, but in these days it lacks of competition itself. During cold war capitalists had to make sure to guarantee some minimum standards to make it more attractive to the masses and keep them away from communist/socialist movements. Especially the measurements against the "sputnik shock", the black civil rights and the hippie movement saved capitalism, while the repressive ussr was left behind in stagnation which was clearly visible in the prague spring.
| If a system immunizes itself even from constructive critique, it's lost. This is currently the case. Socialist/Communists movements and the lower classes class conciousness were fought effectively with religious fundamentalist, nationalist and culture relativist lies. Internationalism was replaced by globalization, solidarity by the idea of national competition. And it fails horribly again, leading humanity into a deadly spiral of hate and destruction.
| >>397616
>inferior in virtually every respect
Kinda want a source on that, considering the US is 38th in the world for healtcare, where canada is only 30th.
Also canada isnt the only poster child for socialized healthcare.
| >>398348
But you know, European countries - especially scandinavian ones - may still have a way better public healthcare, BUT alot of US-American redneck patriots believe it's socialism or almost civil war there. And they'll never go there or know somebody in person who was there. They know Europe only from FoxNews, Breitbart and Tonald Drumps Twitter posts. With Canada it's harder to establish such bullshit as it is nearer and more accesible to the USA.
| >>397297
Noam Chomsky even goes as far as to call him an anti-capitalist opposed to division of labor, but did Adam Smith explicitely opposed capitalism?
| >>398348
Canadian government report using OECD data. See table 2.6 for general rankings.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/report-advisory-panel-healthcare-innovation.html
US healthcare ranked higher in quality, efficacy, safety, timeliness, coordination of care & 'patient centeredness.' Canadian & US care are deemed to be of similar quality between US costs & Canadian wait lists. Metrics such as equity of care mean...
| that Americans benefit less consistently, & so the OECD rates the US healthcare system lower on that count, as well as on efficiency of healthcare relative to the funds poured into it, but I think it can be safely said that these equity & effiency issues are all caused by the cost.
That's why I say a partially socialized system would fill an important role, improving acces & decreasing most patients' costs while preserving the present quality & promptness of intensive care.
| *efficiency issues, that is.
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| In plodding through The Wealth of Nations today I came upon this quote:
"A coward, a man incapable either of defending or of revenging himself, wants one of the most essential parts of the character of a man."
It really struck me that that's the upshot of capitalism fairly explicitly & scornfully printed right there in the original text: 'If you're too weak or timid to advance or protect yourself against something, that's entirely your own failure.'