Re:Foxconn to Build $10B Factory in U.S
by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @07:23PM
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> What evidence do we have that there are even "stages" to capitalism
Uh, the fact that history exists, and that within the set of historic systems which follow the basic system of property rights distinguishing capitalism [0], there's a clear sequence of different specific systems in history.
> much less that we are in a later stage?
The same is also evidence that the current stage is later than the previous ones, those it is admittedly speculative (until capitalism is displaced) that it is the latest stage.
[0] There's some debate over whether the mixed economy that is currently dominant in the developed world is properly a “stage” of capitalism (the system dominant in the 19th century and first labelled “capitalism” by it's critics) and not a successor system with some common features, but we can leave that debate aside for now.
Re:Foxconn to Build $10B Factory in U.S
by weberc2 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:48PM
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Seems like a repackaging of the arguments against socialism. Arguments which are ridiculed here on HN "Just because most socialist states collapse into hotbeds of corruption doesn't mean it will happen here!"
Uh, the fact that history exists, and that within the set of historic systems which follow the basic system of property rights distinguishing capitalism [0], there's a clear sequence of different specific systems in history.
> much less that we are in a later stage?
The same is also evidence that the current stage is later than the previous ones, those it is admittedly speculative (until capitalism is displaced) that it is the latest stage.
[0] There's some debate over whether the mixed economy that is currently dominant in the developed world is properly a “stage” of capitalism (the system dominant in the 19th century and first labelled “capitalism” by it's critics) and not a successor system with some common features, but we can leave that debate aside for now.