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Re:The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Ca... by jonny_eh on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:44PM (#15954111)
There are an infinite number of alternatives between communism and unregulated corporate capitalism.
Re:The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Ca... by civilian on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:51PM (#15954194)
You might read this: http://www.americanteeth.org/2015/06/21/why-i-m-a-capitalist...

When I think of the word capitalist, I think: "using markets to allocate resources & products". When you use that word, you think of... well I'm not sure, but it's some kind of boogeyman that you think is self-evident.

The author of the post is himself a social-democrat or some sorts, and supports redistribution, but he still recognizes the basics of how well markets work.

Re:The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Ca... by chrisco255 on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:50PM (#15954182)
Please show me a country where unregulated capitalism exists.
Re:The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Ca... by Clubber on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:02PM (#15954310)
Cartel Mexico?
Re:The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Ca... by dragonwriter on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:07PM (#15954373)
The fact that the nominal government isn't the de facto government of every part of the country doesn't mean that unregulated capitalism rules.

(Of course, unregulated capitalism is an oxymoron; capitalism involves active government intervention to enforce a very specific model of property rights; it is a particular application of regulation, not it's absence.)