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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by Refreeze5224 on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:45AM (#46031404)
Sort of. Capitalism cannot exist without a monopoly of coercive state power backing it. So it makes sense to criticize it when that's what's actually happening. Other systems can work without coercive state power, are in fact intended to, and result in more freedom for the members of the resulting society, so I agree with your take on government generally.
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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by samdoesnothing on Monday November 24, 2025 @03:35PM (#46038971)
Free trade and private property rights can exist without a monopoly on political power, but as with stuff like this I don't really know what's meant by "capitalism".

That being said I don't think at the present moment it's possible to have a society without some form of government, so then the question becomes "what do we do about it", and I think the answer is to limit the scope of political intervention and power as much as possible.

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