Quote (majorblood @ Sep 18 2017 07:05am)
you don't agree then and seem to think that mixed economies are somehow not fundamentally capitalism when the means of production are not collectively owned and the fundamental driving forces remains profit and accumulation of capital
The US to a certain extent has public ownership on the means of production considering a company can be prosecuted and targeted by the government and the government is elected by the people.
So in a way, ownership is kind of muddy. Basically as with anything in this life , the power of force determines where ownership lies. Private companies might have more monetary power to hold more power but social media and technology is kind of challenging this dynamic. Will be interesting to see how the power dynamic of society shapes. I do believe we are generally becoming better people even with all this negativity and media frenzy when you look at statistics on certain basic markers.
I mean it's gotten to where in developed societies , the biggest culprits of death is disease/cancer/accidental death/suicide are all vastly higher than homicide , which to me means you could reasonably make a safe assumption that this means life has only become easier and arguably better quality and I think as long as we are able to deal with and limit climate change to certain degrees, we should continue this level of progress, at least in certain countries.