Re:Ask HN: What is a HN unpopular opinion that you hold?
by dragonwriter on Monday March 25, 2024 @06:28PM
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> Many people wrongly think that if democracy is an inevitable result of capitalism, then there is nothing extra you have to do to remain democratic other than participate in capitalism.
It is not wrong to think this, it is true by definition.
OTOH, it is very wrong to think “democracy is an inevitable result of capitalism”. Democracy is in fundamental conflict with capitalism; their co-existence is fundamentally unstable.
It is not wrong to think this, it is true by definition.
OTOH, it is very wrong to think “democracy is an inevitable result of capitalism”. Democracy is in fundamental conflict with capitalism; their co-existence is fundamentally unstable.