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I am very much a capitalist at heart. It’s the only system proven to raise the quality of life for everyone. The current corporatism isn’t the same as capitalism. I’m not a fan of that.
I'm curious, how exactly do you define "capitalism"? I'm having difficulty constructing a definition which doesn't inevitably lead to corporatism.
Most of our economy is small business.
The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
Many of our regulations are nothing more than a barrier for a small business to start.
It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla. Only someone with his wealth and connections could push the EV industry to where it is now.
Doesn’t mean I like Elon as a person but that is where we are now. To get a new idea going, we need a mega wealthy person to do it and that shouldn’t be the case.
@wintermute_oregon @agamemnonymous
> The problem is large companies have a large influence on politics, etc that they shouldn’t have.
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> It’s why I praise Elon for growing Tesla.
Usually I'm with you but...HUH? #ElonMusk literally owns #X, one of the largest social media platforms, and therefore has some amount of political power in the #USA.
When he bought Tesla, he didn’t own X. He was wealthy but not insanely wealthy.
I wish he hadn’t bought x and just stuck to cars and rocket ships.