Socialism. Worker Ownership of the Means of Production. Society run and owned by the Proletariat, for the good of the people, not profits for megacorps and large Capitalists.
I think it’s also a symptom of Solarpunk not being explicitly anticapitalist, it’s an aesthetic and a goal that liberals can appreciate as they see climate change accelerating, but haven’t done the analysis necessary to agree that Capitalism is one of the largest underlying causes of climate change.
We’ve had this discussion before. While technically correct, what you describe as what you want would best be described as Market Socialism, you just prefer to take on the mantle of Liberal for what I perceive as optic reasons.
The majority of anticapitalism is Socialist in nature, though you’ll probably still find mercantilists or monarchists somewhere.
Socialism. When properly implemented, it has a fair amount in common with capitalism but you keep what you earn, the disabled aren’t left to die, and billionaires aren’t an option.
Socialism contains within it pressures against war and dictatorship, while Capitalism contains within it pressures towards war and dictatorship. Socialism alone wouldn’t outright eliminate dictators and war, but would go a very long way towards eliminating them over time.
Much like how capitalism is judged by it’s results and not it’s intentions we’ve had enough socialist experiments to know that it’s the people that are the problem not the system we use to organize them.
I think every ideology that wants a fighting chance of working requires excellent checks and balances. Globalization had made this particularly hard though.
I’m not pro-capitalism but I’m curious what flavor of replacement you would choose.
Super capitalism. It’s like capitalism, but superer.
Socialism. Worker Ownership of the Means of Production. Society run and owned by the Proletariat, for the good of the people, not profits for megacorps and large Capitalists.
The fact that this is downvoted tells me that American propaganda is still going strong.
I think it’s also a symptom of Solarpunk not being explicitly anticapitalist, it’s an aesthetic and a goal that liberals can appreciate as they see climate change accelerating, but haven’t done the analysis necessary to agree that Capitalism is one of the largest underlying causes of climate change.
Anti-capitalism ≠ socialism @memes
We’ve had this discussion before. While technically correct, what you describe as what you want would best be described as Market Socialism, you just prefer to take on the mantle of Liberal for what I perceive as optic reasons.
The majority of anticapitalism is Socialist in nature, though you’ll probably still find mercantilists or monarchists somewhere.
Socialism. When properly implemented, it has a fair amount in common with capitalism but you keep what you earn, the disabled aren’t left to die, and billionaires aren’t an option.
The only one of these I can see socialism eliminating is unemployment. You can easily have dictators and wars with socialism.
Socialism contains within it pressures against war and dictatorship, while Capitalism contains within it pressures towards war and dictatorship. Socialism alone wouldn’t outright eliminate dictators and war, but would go a very long way towards eliminating them over time.
DAE ReAl SoCiAlIsM.
Much like how capitalism is judged by it’s results and not it’s intentions we’ve had enough socialist experiments to know that it’s the people that are the problem not the system we use to organize them.
I think every ideology that wants a fighting chance of working requires excellent checks and balances. Globalization had made this particularly hard though.