I would highly suggest everybody check out this video by Vertigo Politix. It covers the history of the Frankfurt institute and the areas of their cultural revolution, in case anybody needed a refresher for why much of society has become poisoned.
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Look boys we have a genuine lefty here. Capitalism isn't poisonous to society, it's the only functional economic system - and we don't have one.
Nationalist capitalism puts citizens interests first via tariffs and other protectionist acts being the primary fundraising for government. This is the system the US started as. Through concerted effort of the banking elites since the first agitations for a national bank, this system has been corrupted into a corporate oligarchy.
A corporate oligarchy is not capitalist. It is feudalist.
It's the only economic system period. Any alternative systems are simply mutated forms of capitalism with tacked on rules attempting to "fix" reality to make it more fair, by some definition of fair. That and groups with government monopolization of force attempting to exploit the system for their own benefit. (like side-tapping into someone else's oil rig)
Then again he said liberal capitalism which is another qualifier that allows some leeway in interpretation. I'd like to read his book on "Illiberal Capitalism". From his essays I don't think he supports Authoritarian capitalism.
No - capitalism is not toxic.
Communism and socialist systems are, by definition.
Capitalism is defined by two features: private decision making and free and open markets. Are you advocating for one or both of these features to be abolished?
Do you think your ability to choose to say that is also an outdated fiction that you were manipulated into?