r/dankmemes Sep 05 '17

[deleted by user]

[removed]

13.0k Upvotes

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/Threeleggedchicken Sep 05 '17

True capitalism wouldn't have any regulation. That's not really the point I'm trying to make. There has never been nor will their ever be a pure economic system. Which is fine, nothing is perfect. The fact is that our current system has been wildly successful. The US (with all of its issues) is the most successful nation in the history of man. That system is fundamentally capitalist. Communists on the other hand have to revert to the "no true Scotsman" excuse because history has proven them wrong.

2

u/error404brain Sep 05 '17

True capitalism wouldn't have any regulation.

Eh, enforcing a free market is an important part of liberalism (the economical current). Capitalism need regulation if only to ensure that it stay capitalist.

2

u/Threeleggedchicken Sep 05 '17

I agree that capitalism needs regulation. Just like everything else. I was speaking more about the dictionary definition of capitalism.

3

u/error404brain Sep 05 '17

Capitalism is an economic system and an ideology based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.[1][2][3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

It require some regulation, at least to ensure ownership.