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That's an invalid analogy, or at a very minimum it requires explanation.
I think the only point we can get rid of capitalism, is when there is no shortages of anything for anyone.
Until then it needs to be regulated, and dreams and claims of just removing it are counterproductive, because we simply can't at this point in time.
Capitalism also isn't the problem, lack of regulation and allowing the 1% to control everything is.
Scandinavian countries are free market capitalist countries, and although they aren't perfect either, they are better for the general population than the American 2 party system.
How you run your democracy is crucial, democracy is supposed to control society, not the 1%.
You have the right ideas in some ways but their execution in your head is lacking.
Read a little bit about the subject and you might understand what people are talking about. Maybe start with Rosa Luxemburg. She writes about reforming capitalism or tearing it all down and creating something new.
Good luck and remember we only limit ourselves with our thoughts.
Exactly my point, with the options we have now, reform is the way forward, not replace.
You are conflating capitalism and markets. As much as capitalists would like for everyone to believe they are one and the same, they are completely distinct from one another.
That's just a load of hoola boola.
Per definition capitalism and free markets are tied.
Soviet Russia also used money for their planned economy, but it was not free markets, and hence not considered a capitalist country by any normal definition of the word.
You are conflating rhetoric with an actual argument. And you are dismissing a normal definition without providing an alternative.
So what is capitalism pray tell?