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If you’re socialist, communist, or consider yourself some shade of leftist in the United States, why?boariskarloff
If you aren’t socialist or communist, why? (Skip if you identify with either ideology)Combination of the above but mainly fairer (and more efficient) outcomes. I think capitalism creates perverse incentives because it’s structured around labor exploitation, and that market socialism would be a better way to capitalize (pun intended) on the strengths of market economies.
I think capitalism can only work if it’s hyper regulated. I wouldn’t call myself a communist, lots of leftist would call me a liberal. I think the current American status is what happens when workers are mistreated and the system needs to be torn down and rebuilt, it’s too late to reform
Though I think one can separate “capitalism is failing/has failed” from “morally opposed”. I wouldn’t immediately rule out in yours that just because socialism/communism has failed in the past would immediately mean they’re a fan of capitalism. It’s just essentially saying “this sucks, we need change, I don’t care what it is but what we currently have isn’t working” as compared to “capitalism is exploitative”