• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Capitalism is also a modern interpretation of an old problem. The idea of material wealth determining worth and power. That’s largely how “might makes right” works with a more economic flavor.

    If you think you can’t have state control in capitalism you haven’t been paying attention. China is capitalist country with tons of government controls. They can throw a “communist” label on it, but that have little to no actual communist/socialist ideology.

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      1 day ago

      When the state fully controls your property, it’s not private property and thus not capitalistism. It’s not socialism either, because they still give deference to the original “private” owner.

      China is a perfect example of how a fascist country would operate, honestly. It’s frankly annoying that people don’t routinely call it a fascist state and instead call it communist.