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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 19h \ parent \ on: Capitalism Book Club #1: INTRODUCTION, and the Trouble of Defining "Capitalism" BooksAndArticles econ

People want to have government- it provides the rule of law and certainty that capital wants.

Remove government and the people clamour to replace it because they understand the nature of life without it is fucking chaos and law of the jungle.

Go live somewhere there is no government and report back

  • oh but you will not ever do that because you are a blatant hypocrit and are not insane &/or suicidal enough to actually go live by the Libertarian bullshit you preach.
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11 sats \ 7 replies \ @ZhangJiao 19h
Go live somewhere there is no government and report back

You act like it's my fault. The gangs follow me. You don't let me leave.

I separated my money from the state, at least. And my wealth is infinitely safer as a result.

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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 17h

Bullshit.
Nobody is stopping you from going somewhere there is no government except yourself and you self preservation instinct.
Because life without any government is fucking hard and you would not last 5 minutes fending for yourself.

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11 sats \ 5 replies \ @ZhangJiao 17h

Try life with no Bitcoin.

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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 15h

Bitcoin is a nice to have.
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.
Learn the difference or learn to enjoy poverty and disillusionment.

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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @ZhangJiao 9h

It's not just a "nice to have" when the alternative is the government ripping you off with a scam token.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 5h

Yes it is.

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 10h
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.

Can you expand this into an actual argument? Or even give an example of a good government?

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 5h

Scroll up through the preceding arguments for your answer.

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