Why is coercion better than inequity?
” implies that something called “capitalism” doesn’t involve coercion and does involve inequity. I can speak to the issues, I think, but the pithier my responses, the more they reinforce the basic assumptions. Operational Translation: this is going to take a while to answer… First (though I know they’re boring) some definitions are useful because when different people discuss politics they often use the same “labels” and vocabulary but mean drastically different things. RevJim23 seems to think “capitalism” means “our economic system” as it currently works. His questions seem to imply that “our economic system” (AKA “capitalism”) involves (1) freedom, (2) a moderate safety net, and (3) a situation where the work ethic is a belief that will induce successful behavior. Note that this is distinct from what many people would think of as “real” capitalism where you’d have to start using French words like “laissez-faire”, mention interest rates at least tangentially, and probably discuss mo
