How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise

Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by Telaneo on Thursday August 06, 2026 @07:57AM (#49195460)

And if does a whole lot of stuff, then it's communism.

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by krapp on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:01AM (#49195504)

If it does stuff for poor people it's communism. If it does stuff for rich people it's capitalism.

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by sph on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:19AM (#49195651)

If it does stuff for the party officials, it’s communism.

No one has done anything for poor people since Jesus of Nazareth, probably.

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by inigyou on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:07AM (#49195547)

Premier example: enforcement of abstract property rights. This is Big Government™ but since most holders of abstract property rights are rich people, it's capitalism.

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by rebolek on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:32AM (#49195775)

Communism is when it does whole lot of shitty stuff.

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by scarecrowbob on Thursday August 06, 2026 @10:31AM (#49197209)

Ah, that explains why all the Q-pilled folks I know (in?)correctly believe the US government to be communist...

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Re:How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise by FromHoiPolloi on Thursday August 06, 2026 @10:09AM (#49196935)

Not quite. Communism is when the gov controls the means of production. The end result is indeed shitty stuff due to lack of competition. But you can achieve similar enshittification by failing to break monopolies etc.

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