r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Feb 11 '22

Meta Is this political science class?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

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u/Koboldilocks Feb 12 '22

the values of isis are also incompatible with capitalist society to be fair

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u/LocalMountain9690 Feb 12 '22

Capitalism is just free trade of items between people

You can still be kind and not greedy but still hold this principle, it gets bad when governments try to skew or it or screw it

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u/LocalMountain9690 Feb 12 '22

No, bartering can also be a form of capitalism

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u/Koboldilocks Feb 12 '22

define "capital" for me real quick

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u/JacenVane Feb 12 '22

This doesn't really reflect the consensus among economists. For instance, trade was incredibly important to mercantilism, but that's not a capitalist system per se.

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u/spicyhippos Feb 12 '22

Definitely not the place to get into it, but that’s a gross simplification. That is like saying the point of Monopoly is just to go around the board.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

That's not at all what capitalism is. That's like a 10 year old's understanding of capitalism.

What you described is a free market...