Government “seizing the means of production” is not a “collective enterprise.” It’s top-down dictatorship, and nobody gets a vote.
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As opposed to capitalism, where...
jul 12, 2025, 2:42 am • 2 0 • view
Everyone gets a vote in capitalism: choice. We vote with our feet.
jul 12, 2025, 3:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Capitalism can be monopolistic. Choice exists in regulated competition. That means antitrust laws, which the USA has largely abandoned enforcement of for the last forty years-- --because capital in practice subverted the state itself.
jul 12, 2025, 8:02 pm • 2 1 • view
Agreed, but Communism is always monopolistic by law. I would argue all monopolies are bad, all monopolies kill people. Whether private or public, corporate or Communist, a monopoly is unchecked power in action.
jul 12, 2025, 10:04 pm • 0 0 • view