• ILikeBoobies
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    If we change systems then people with wealth and power will erode it or seize the power vacuum created

    Also you are correct in saying you can’t have a Capitalist nation with inheritance

    A more recent example is Communism where every country that claims to adopt it doesn’t do that, instead they tend to adopt more authoritarian measures and centralized governments

    Going back even further you can look at Christianity where people are supposed to be banned from having wealth but they needed to get the elite on board for it to spread

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        Canada is considered a liberal country regardless of the party in power

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      This point of view always leaves me scratching my head. What’s the point, exactly? Are we genuinely arguing that we are not living in a capitalist society?

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          This is a very narrow definition of capitalism by which I can’t think of a single country that would qualify. I’ll be honest, it’s the first time someone argues with me that our modern world of Keynesian macroeconomics isn’t fundamentally capitalist.

          I also strongly disagree that having social components to your market economy makes you not Capitalist. Free Market is not all Capitalism is.

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        The point is that you’re not going to get rid of the problems unless you get rid of the people that seek power