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  Hindsight bias also plays a role.
  People will call capatilism bad now. They will do the same with any structure afterwards, ergo in hindsight.
  You cant satisfy everyone.
context: According to traditional views of capitalism, a capitalist system is a system in which markets are able to operate freely, self regulating by the laws of supply and demand. 
  However, a crucial component of capitalism is that the role of government is to provide sufficient regulation in order to mitigate market failures and externalities. Examples of market failures include things like roads and street lighting. Examples of externalities include things like damaging the environment. 
  Most of the issues associated with capitalism that make it “bad” are really the unwillingness of governments to properly regulate market failures and externalities. Some would argue that a system that chooses not to regulate markets properly, at the expense of the consumer and environment, is not really capitalism at all; rather it corporatism. >
  
  
  Most of the issues associated with capitalism that make it “bad” are really the unwillingness of governments to properly regulate market failures and externalities
  
  I would personally add sometimes the issues are government refusing to stay out of the markets. For instance bailing the banks out in 2008, and now banks don't value security anymore just growth.
  They know the government will come to save them when really they should of all gone bankrupt and the banks that take their place wouldn't make the same mistakes again. >
  
  The issue is, if the government was regulating the banking sector properly in the first place, things would never have been able to reach the crisis point of fraudulent activity that caused the sector to collapse. Bailing out banks is pretty much socialism. It can no longer be considered a private sector when tax money is used to cover losses. This is another feature of what we might call corporatism. As some have put it, it is “socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor”. 
  Although, for what it’s worth, in hindsight, I don’t see how it would have been possible for the sitting government of the time to be willing to allow the banks to fail. The implications of that would have been that a huge fraction of peoples savings would be gone. Can you imagine what the riots in the streets would have been like if that had happened? >
  
  Keep in mind government controls interest rates, and drives people to take on debt they can't afford.  See sub prime mortgages pre 2008 or student loans now.  Government encouraging cheap debt, which destroys your future, is government and capitalism working together to provide immediate gratification.  Everyone wins, till the music stops.  🎶 >
  
  This is not unpopularopinion at all. Capitalism is the mainstream economic and political system in the world. There are also many people can point out the good and the bad of the system. >
  
  It’s unpopular on reddit, lol >
  
  Yeah no kidding, look at these comments lmao. >
  
  Most of the time I hear people complaining about capitalism it actually has nothing to do with capitalism. It's just the classic reddit hive cry of "thing bad. "
  Just today I was reading about how bad capitalism was because some guy was expected to gasp pay his loans back.. >
  
  I mean, predatory loans are a thing, but that falls under “corruption” in my eyes.
  99% of the time when people complain about “capitalism” they’re actually complaining about corruption, and then they fawn over how wonderful a communist or socialist society would be, as if those systems are immune to corruption and capitalism isn’t. >
  
  Anything humans are involved with will have corruption, it’s simple human nature. >
  
  Tell that to them not me, I know what it looks like. >
  
  The way I put it to everyone although I get a ton of disagreement.
  Only trust someone to do what they feel is in their best interests. No matter what they say or try and distract you with it always boils down to what serves them best. This goes for everyone, myself included. >
  
  The unfortunate thing is this advanced society primed for success is of no use to a family who cant afford to heat their home in the winter. >
  
  well  i’m not here to say that you aren’t bringing up a valid point. but that heating system their home has is probably only as advanced as it is due to the progress that capitalism is supposed to drive. obviously there are huge flaws here but it’s something to take into consideration >
  
  Source: trust me >
  
  Okay Dr. Strange. 
  "If history didn't follow the path it did, stuff would be different."
  Real galaxy brain take here >
  
  Given how hard it is to get things through the automods, I’m cutting people slack. >
  
  Capitalism is the best system we have. Most of the problems we have could be solved if the government enforced laws that already exist, and if regulators enforced rules against gigantic corporations. >
  
  
  Capitalism is the best system we have
  
  Ever heard of the Piaroa, Australian Aborigines, or the Ohlone? In all of those societies you would be free of giant spy agencies, police, slavery, prisons, bureaucracies, salespeople, and for that matter roving, violent gangs. In all those societies, you could live off the land with your friends and family, in true freedom and democracy. So yes, the Piaroa system is superior to the neoliberal capitalist system. >
  
  Most of what you just mentioned has absolutely nothing to do with the concept of capitalism >
  
  Alright then. I'll concentrate on strictly economic matters.
  The Piaroa have no homeless, no prisons, no sex industry, no mass surveillance, and you don't need to work at a formal job you probably hate to keep yourself alive
  Instead, the Piaroa system has all held in common—as such, there is no capacity for homelessness, because land isn't an asset to sell or use to speculate, and anyone can build a shelter on any unused piece of land. The Piaroa don't have prisons, which are in part as full in the United States as they are because businesses gain a competitive advantage in using the slave labour of the convicts. 
  The Piaroa don't have a pornography industry or prostitution, because in the Piaroa system, everything isn't turned into a product and way to make money, as it is in capitalism.
  And, while in a highly capitalist system, education has its purpose to extract maximum money from the students in exchange for nominal education without serious effort in creating independent thinkers, Piaroa women aren't forced into sex work to pay for degrees which are useless under the capitalist system. Instead, the Piaroa learn by having conversations with other, doing, experimenting in and interacting with the real world, and as such they tend to have much more independent and thought than the average person in capitalist countries (witness the United States and the PRC by contrast.)
  The Piaroa have no markets, and as such no advertising industry, and hence they lack surveillance capitalism, which is IMO actually more damaging to society in capitalist countries even than unaccountable intelligence agencies such as the NSA, ASIS, or MI5.
  Again, as the Piaroa system treats all property as common to the community as a whole, there is no elderly poverty, no food deserts, no homelessness, and in fact no real malnutrition among the Piaroa. Despite the extremely productive industrial agriculture of advanced capitalist countries, almost all, except perhaps the somewhat-to-nominally less capitalist social democracies (which, I acknowledge, are still capitalist, though not as extreme as the United States), millions of people are hungry or malnourished in these societies. Yet the Piaroa, who subsist on a mixture of technically simple horticulture an foraging, are all much better nourished, and tend to be much healthier in both body as well as mind. >
  
  Bro you're talking about literal tribal people with sticks and stones lmfao. You can't compare the two. Well, you can, but its fucking pointless. It's much much easier to hold hands and sing kumbaya when you have jack shit as a society. I don't mean that negatively either, just factually. >
  
  “Hold hands and sing kumbaya” is fucking hilarious lmao but your totally right. Drawing similarities between a society of thousands and a society of millions is pointless, you’ll never get anything out of it that’s practical and useable on the large scale. >
  
  Do you know what agrees with you? The Communist Manifesto.
  Except about the way forward. But classical communists have a positive opinion of the necessary role played by capitalism in developing the means of production. >
  
  This also reflects the views of many -- if not most -- people who are critical of capitalism.
  To critique capitalism isn't to deny that it does certain things very well. I'm no expert on Karl Marx, but if I'm not mistaken, even he stated that capitalism was an improvement from feudalism and viewed it as a key part of society's development.
  But that doesn't mean it doesn't have huge, huge flaws and that we should just live with them and never consider any alternatives or improvements. >
  
  Exactly. According to Marx, capitalism was a necessary step forward from feudalism, breaking down the old social order and leading to a remarkable development of industry. The goal of Marxists is simply not to stop there, but to take the next step towards more deliberately and democratically making use of that development. (And that likely isn't the final step either, another system we currently cannot imagine may follow.) >
  
  except the step "forward" that  Marx intended is awful and does not end well. Plus he was a rich boy who didn't work and allowed his own children to die.. not the sort of role model anyone with a brain should be listening to. >
  
  Err, you might want to read some history and get your facts straight instead of spouting random nonsense just because of your politics. Disagree if you will, but at least don't post nonsense. >
  
  "capitalism" is a word made up to put a bad spin on what should be called a free market economy.  what you are calling "capitalisms" is actually "crony capitalism" and does not have anything to do with a free market economy.  we all need to understand the difference.  
  the free market has done so much good for the world.  allowing people to freely trade their goods and services is a remarkable thing.  
  what has happened with unchecked markets is a travesty.  in the last 100 years, starting with the creation of the Federal Reserve, we have completely lost our way.  
  Do not blame that on the free market.  blame that on a corruption of government by corrupt politicians. >
  
  The biggest problem with Capitalism is the Stock exchange wich harbors the idea that any buisiness that doesn't grow is not a profitable buisiness. The fact that companies only measure success through the lens of exponential growth is likely to cause the end of civilization as we know it.... >
  
  Let me know when we get that "free market" capitalism in the US >
  
  We may get it after crony capitalism leads us to WWIII. >
  
  Capitalism isn’t bad? Wtf 😂😂 >
  
  A lot of socialist here on Reddit. >
  
  The problem is human greed not capitalism. Do they think that human greed would just disappear under socialism or communism? 
  300 million people died in the name of communism, and if you talk to people from Venezuela they will desperately beg you not to turn to socialism. 
  Giving the government more power and more money doesn’t solve anything. They are the most wasteful and inefficient entity that exists. They couldn’t balance a fucking check book to save their lives and people think that giving them more control somehow fixes things. It’s absolutely insane. 
  There are a lot of problems in the world and nothing is perfect, but the free market is hands down the best system that has ever been created and gives people more freedom and opportunity than any other alternative. 
  However with freedom comes responsibility and people don’t like talking about that, so maybe that’s why they hate so much. 
  I don’t know, I don’t get it. >
  
  Communism’s death toll is enough proof that communism doesn’t work that I need . 
  Perhaps some Amish society somehow can work on a small scale communism with social pressures to reduce corruption, but that for really count outside it’s bubble. >
  
  
  Communism’s death toll is enough proof that communism doesn’t work that I need .
  
  Marxist-Leninism you could argue that.
  
  Perhaps some Amish society somehow can work on a small scale communism with social pressures to reduce corruption, but that for really count outside it’s bubble.
  
  This is why I believe radical decentralization is the solution. Our system's oppression is far too great to justify our so-called "prosperity."
  Anarchism has a remarkably clean record compared to capitalism, Marxist-Leninism, or fascism. >
  
  i think i heard about radical decentralization somewhere else...
  does medieval europe ring any bells? >
  
  Right, because kings, landed gentry, and serfdom are clearly features of a highly egalitarian society /s
  Ftr, the Iroquois Confederacy had been around since at least 1100 CE, probably more like 400 CE, when the Europeans showed up. And Australian Aboriginal culture goes back to around 65,000 BCE, deep during the last Ice Age. >
  
  Rather slightly slower growth and fair than whatever the fuck this is >
  
  This is just falsely attributing technological advancement to capitalism. Capitalism was not required for the industrial revolution, or computing, or any number of major advancements in society. It is in fact the other way around - the massive increase in worker output created by technological improvements like the assembly line *enabled* capitalism as an economic system by increasing the surplus value generated by each worker. >
  
  The most popular genre of unpopular takes, lightweight discussion on capitalism and communism >
  
  It’s no secret that capitalism has its flaws. However, at this point we do not have any viable alternatives. >
  
  
  at this point we do not have any viable alternatives.
  
  Sounds like capitalist propaganda >
  
  Feel free to name any. >
  
  Permaculture with decentralized agrarian communalism could feed the world if we accepted the population would all contribute to food production and we'd have to give up destructive, alienating, energy- and capital-intensive industries. We'd still be a Hell of a lot better off, bc we'd be able to live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives surrounded by our friends and family in peace and freedom. >
  
  In theory there is no difference between theory and practice… but in practice there is… how would avoid centralization? >
  
  Its not entirely true that we're as advanced as we could be.   Its true that capitalism promotes competition, and competition drives innovation.   But when capitalism is unregulated, the aim of those innovations are simply to grow capital.   Regulation is needed in order to "guide" this force towards means which benefit society as a whole.     
  Its also technically possible that a non-corrupt socialist system could also be more advanced than we are too.    
  our current capitalist system simply doesn't focus on the greater good.  It focuses on power. >
  
  
  non-corrupt socialist system
  
  Lol >
  
  yueahhhhh thats definitely a big problem.   BUT, Theoretically! >
  
  See…this is the problem. A lot of people here are making one crucial error and that is, capitalism isn’t necessarily a political system…it’s an economic system. Socialism/communism are both. And who says it doesn’t focus on the greater good?! Lol so Mao Zedong’s (responsible for the most deaths under a regime in human history) politics were for the greater good? The original theory behind capitalism, as championed by Adam Smith (the father of capitalism) is essentially that the greater good is fuelled by the inherent personal needs of each person as a contribution to society. It’s taking a very practical and realistic part of being a human and applying it to society. What you’re referring to is greed and corruption (re: power) and that’s not what it’s originally about. That same greed and power is even worse under socialism. 
  But put it this way…the reason why theoretically it wouldn’t work either is because this one question cannot be answered: which first world countries are socialist/communist, and which ones are “capitalist”? >
  
  Anybody who thinks capitalism is net bad (notice the word net) is an absolute dumdum who can't be taken seriously. 
  If this opinion is actually unpopular... Lord help us. >
  
  
  Anybody who thinks capitalism is net bad (notice the word net) is an absolute dumdum who can't be taken seriously.
  
  So, you'd rather live in a world with giant, useless bureaucracies, secret laws, powerful armed men who can put you in a cage at any moment, a tiny sliver of humanity who own the world, while the rest of us toil at jobs we mostly hate so we don't starve or die on the streets?
  Are you saying this is a better system than those of the Iroquois, Piaroa, Ohlone, Cree, Tapirape, !Kung, anywhere in the Matrilineal Belt of Africa, the Australian Aborigines, or other societies where you could spend your time with your friends and family in true freedom and democracy? >
  
  Yes, I'd rather have capitalism (with a few bad people reaping outsized rewards, fine) and get to have an iPhone, a computer, foods imported from around the world, literally billions of people being lifted out of extreme poverty worldwide, than whatever you're peddling. 
  By the way, you sound like a conspiracy theorist. Just fyi... >
  
  
  Yes, I'd rather have capitalism and get to have an iPhone, a computer, foods imported from around the world
  
  Ah. You think having a fragile, overpriced computer, some sort of computer (which I bet is running another nonfree operating system, like iOS), and be able to drink açaí smoothies at Jamba Juice than live in freedom without fear of incarceration or eviction with your friends and family. Got ya.
  
  (with a few bad people reaping outsized rewards, fine)
  
  That's a pretty big understatement, IMO.
  
  billions of people being lifted out of extreme poverty worldwide
  
  Define "poverty." And a lot of what pro-capitalists tout as the product of capitalism could more easily be explained by a mixture of industrialization and democratization following the French Revolution.
  
  By the way, you sound like a conspiracy theorist.
  
  Just to be clear, secret laws do exist . And I don't see why you'd deny the existence of the likes of the DMV, of prisons, police, billionaires or the extreme wealth gap around the world. >
  
  Sounds like you have it all figured out and rest of us are delusional. Ok. I'm not getting pulled into a long and fruitless debate. Happy holidays. >
  
  Capitalism takes into account human greed. A system that expects everyone to do what is in their own best self interest. The other systems don't account for it and always fail in the end. >
  
  If by "accounting for", you mean capitalism has a method for checking and counterbalancing the inherent problems with greedy and self-interested behavior, then no, it doesn't.
  If you mean "functions in a way that harnesses that behavior for the greater good", then also no, it doesn't do that either. All the problems with capitalism are rooted in the fact that this DOESN'T happen outside of overly optimistic neoliberal textbooks. >
  
  I disagree. Capitalism is not about some perceived greater good. Hitler thought he was pursuing the greater good. Capitalism is not about counterbalancing greedy and self interested behavior. The whole system doesn't work without greedy and self interested behavior. It is the best system we have that takes into account the failings of humanity. >
  
  You probably just live in California. Most people rightfully complain about bad bosses and soulless megacorporations, but actually believe in the fundamental tenets of capitalism: self determination and entrepreneurship. >
  
  
  You probably just live in California
  
  Lol Google, Apple, Meta, Zoom, HP, Salesforce are all based here. If California was socialist what are all these megacorporations doing in my state, and why do we have so many homeless people? >
  
  In short, capitalism advances its own society at an equal rate as it destroys and exploits foreign societies. >
  
  
  advances its own society at an equal rate
  
  Ever heard of Stagflation? >
  
  Are we primed for success?
  House prices are unrealistic, energy prices are insane, and some tiny fraction of people have almost all of the money. 
  I really feel like capitalism has set me up for a great life... /S >
  
  Greed, classism and tribalism are the three things destroying society.
  Capitalism has no inherent checks or filters for these. >
  
  Capitalism actively hinders progress because greedy people keep important things to themselves to make as much money as possible >
  
  What great idea has been kept in a vault? For people to make money they have to actually create something and release it into the world. Nobody created the cure for a disease, left it in the freezer, and somehow still made money. >
  
  
  What great idea has been kept in a vault?
  
  Have you never heard of patents and copyright? >
  
  That just keeps someone else from using the intelligence you invested to create.
  You still have to make the widgets and sell them to make money. You can't create an idea and sit on it and somehow get rich. >
  
  Patents are literally a vault. Just because most are getting made does not mean that some are not locked away so that nobody can use them. 
  Sometimes it is better for a company to purchase a better design and lock it away so that they can continue to make megabucks off their inferior product.
  Edit: I was wrong, most are not getting used >
  
  This will be unpopular... if currency is used it will be capitalist even if the market is black. >
  
  It's a good thing we have capitalism then, because without it, I'm sure we'd all still be living in caves and eating raw berries. I mean, it's not like societies have ever advanced without capitalism, right? It's not like there have been countless examples of societies that have made tremendous technological and cultural advancements without the profit motive driving them. No, without capitalism, we'd all still be dragging our knuckles on the ground and grunting at each other. Thank goodness for capitalism, otherwise we might actually have to rely on things like community cooperation and mutual aid to survive and thrive. How barbaric. >
  
  Empirically capitalism is the worst of all economic systems, save for all the rest.
  In my lifetime, capitatalism has reduced worldwide extreme poverty from 44% of the world to less than 10% of the world.  
  That is literally billions of people uplifted from grinding poverty to an enormously better life with access to the basics such as food and water.
  Poverty is still an issues, but the progress made due to capitalism in my lifetime is unprecedented in human history.  It has it's obvious flaws, but when compared to all other economic systems, it clearly comes out on top. >
  
  In comparison to fascism? Sure. In comparison to a sensible economic system? No. An overwhelming amount of brainpower is funneled into advertisement. Free science and education gets shut down because it's not profitable enough and is even seen as dangerous when it means that the line doesn't go up fast enough. >
  
  this is a popular opinion among most reasonable people >
  
  We just can’t have true capitalism like in the gilded age of the US. Corporations exist solely to make money and letting them run without any sort of rules is a terrible idea. Mostly just because it means that people can be exploited. >
  
  No, Capitalism is not “bad”.. Anyone who believes otherwise has their head in the sand. >
  
  This may be unpopular to partisan idiots on this shithole of a site, but to anyone who knows anything in the real world,  this isn’t unpopular. Take my downvote. >
  
  Yep. This is unpopular in one circle of people and I don’t give a shit if this gets downvoted…the uneducated who live in fairyville. Even when I was poor and selling things to pay my rent in my twenties, I knew this. We’re all here commenting because of capitalism. 
  What IS the problem, and this is even more prevalent in socialism and communism, is corruption. As well as greed. 
  But in general, Whenever I hear or see a young person or someone who doesn’t have a real job use the word capitalism, I stop listening. >
  
  Lots of answers below that aren’t wrong, but too many words.
  There’s no “collective” in capitalism. We’re not primed for success; capitalism is a path for self-destruction. >
  
  
  However if free market capitalism were not allowed to grow and develop into the behemoth it is now, we would be worse off as a global society. 
  
  did you see this in your magic crystal ball? how you can confidently say that things would be different without having actually experienced how things might be different?
  at best it's a mental exercise. but we have no idea how things would be different, better or worse, with a different market structure than capitalism so really this is all academic.
  it's like saying "your life would be better if you grew up in a french-speaking country instead of a german-speaking country". maybe your brain reacts, responds, and communicates in a different language better than your natural language. maybe in a foreign language you are a master orator and passionately influential speaker. but you'll never know! why? because you didn't experience growing up learning a different language other than your own. >
  
  I think capitalism is at a point where they’re actually holding advancement back in order to squeeze every inch of profit with only incremental improvements. >
  
  Yeah no shit? >
  
  Nothing wrong with capitalism. It's more a discription then a belief system. It's the corruption in society that ruins things. People who trade everything for money, lose their humanity. Once their humanity is gone, they use the power of money to further their inhumanity. If people were not corupt, things would be fine. >
  
  Who says we wouldn't be as advanced?
  Did you magically look into alternate realities and discern this? >
  
  It's a certainty. To believe for even one moment that our current world is possible without free markets is the height of delusional and/or ignorance. >
  
  Technologically advanced maybe. We're so advanced, that we may have reached the end of humanity.
  Maybe without capitalism, we'd be in a better place. That you can't know for certain... >
  
  There will always be a king....or a god....or some greater power that is at the apex of human society.
  Capitalism is simply the system that allows ANYBODY the ability to rule. Anybody can be God or king with enough wealth.
  Isn't that paradise? 
  The most powerful person will always rule. It is a universal law. Capitalism is the final incarnation and it transcends any nation. >
  
  
  There will always be a king....or a god....or some greater power that is at the apex of human society
  
  No, this isn't true. The Iroquois were extremely egalitarian, as were the Australian Aborigines, Tapirapé, and Piaroa. Just because you find it hard to imagine how a society without an elite could function doesn't mean they don't exist. >
  
  The only long-term alternative to capitalism is poverty. Everything important gets a lot of griping about the downsides: not only capitalism, but also cars, the internet, government, children. That’s natural and I think it’s OK, but it gets silly when people develop an entire politics around supposedly rejecting the things they need most. I suppose it can come from frustration with the lack of interest in at least mitigating the problems. >
  
  Obviously. >
  
  Like most ideologies, it's not the description that's the issue, it's that nothing occurs in a vacuum. >
  
  Some people dislike capitalism should try to live in a socialist country. I think capitalism itself isn’t the problem, it is, firstly corruption, second monotheists religions and thirdly human greediness. >
  
  
  Some people dislike capitalism should try to live in a socialist country.
  
  Hey in Cuba I know I could always get my teeth cleaned. >
  
  Capitalism is not bad. People use it to do bad things and/or do bad things and try to hide behind it being "capitalism". >
  
  More like r/unprovable opinion, amirite? >
  
  How are we to grow and develop and prosper and fight for decentralization of power when our system over works us, and doesn’t pay us enough to live a healthy, prosperous life? Also capitalism ignores and exploits the environment. Too much bad. >
  
  “Primed for success” gimme your drugs; they’re good. >
  
  Capitalism isn't bad. It's great. But it needs checks, and sadly, the rich capitalists have bought Congress and gutted that oversight. It also needs a foundation of guaranteed services for societal stability. Housing, food, medical care, you know...the basics. >
  
  Define worse off… you could argue that our world would be better without some of the developments we’ve had. Note, please, I said some. >
  
  It's not a bad system, just like any other good system, humans unchecked corrupt it. >
  
  This is basically true. Although, I will admit that capitalism is immoral in the sense that it could screw over the lower classes and certain 3rd world countries that participate in the resources for the supply chain of the US’s private corporations, the reason why I’m a strong supporter of it because it fundamentally follows the concept of Supply and Demand Economics very well. I mean, private corporations work with international countries to help gain specific resources to develop future products that meet consumer demand in the US; whether it would be for purely consumerist reasons like consumer electronics (smartphones, tablets, video game consoles, PC’s, etc…) or for basic human necessity (food, cars for transportation, medical devices/biotechnology, etc…). This in tern will create products that people can use and due to the high consumer demand, gives companies a reason to further improve upon their products to keep a strong consumer base. Capitalism has not only contributed towards the decent fulfillment of the lives of people in the US, but it has also helped increase the innovations of technology that can be used for positive change  in human life. >
  
  I think you mean democracy and technology. I would not postulate all global successes to one idea or theory. Polio vaccines are free patents and saved millions of lives, that too is a success and primes us for more success. Not everyone who did everything did it to maximize capital, Einstein did not even own any industrial machinery!
  I think people are caught ilup in the rah rah rah propaganda nonsense and need to sit and think through their positions clearly. >
  
  This is only an unpopular opinion on reddit >
  
  I acknowledge the flaws with capitalism for sure but I’m definitely not anti-capitalism as I do feel it’s almost inevitable in some ways. >
  
  China is a Communist dictatorship, and somehow is the world economic super power. Your hypothesis can't really explain that. >
  
  Rather be stuck in an undeveloped world that isnt dying 👍 >
  
  "Primed for success" - If the current state of society says "primed for success" to you, I fear we see the world in such radically different ways there can be no middle ground. >
  
  Capitalism is as bad as human morals are.
  So, like, we're fucked. >
  
  The key to Capitalism is it not be unbridled like it is. There has to be over site in order to protect the nations people and the general sovereignty of the nation. >
  
  There's a saying that capitalism is worse system that we have,,with the only exception being every other system we have.
  Reminder, capitalism is just the exchange of goods. It's not a political system, and  it's not a social system.  It's just the free market. 
  There is no such thing as unfettered capitalism anywhere on the planet. >
  
  the fact that this is unpopular >
  
  The road to serfdom. >
  
  You don’t think capitalism is bad.
  And you shouldn’t. It’s not.
  Break from the Reddit hive mind and be yourself.
  Be an individual. Reddit is a giant echo chamber of leftist losers that want everything for free because they hate to compete. If that’s not you, good, and be proud of it. >
  
  Capitalism cannot exist without creeping socialism.  Police, Fire department, public schools, unemployment insurance, welfare, social security are Socialist programs.  Without them, Capitalism would devolve into revolution every 10 to 20 years. >
  
  I belive you aren't understanding why people don't like capitalism, previously to capitalism we had smth like feudalism and then we evolved and got superior capitalism, the problem is capitalists refuse to let us continue evolving because that would make them lose their power, they actively and violently fight it, by using the resources and technology we have today, that makes it far more efficient than in the past and we risk getting stuck in capitalism and it slowly becoming worse and worse. That's why Marx said communism comes after capitalism. >
  
  As a leftist, I recognize capitalism as a fundamental building block for the modern world.
  …but holy shit we are long overdue for a better system than this. >
  
  It is not bad. That’s a naive, trendy take that makes people feel progressive so they can prove how ‘sophisticated’ they are. >
  
  Not an unpopular opinion in the real, adult world. >
  
  Do we need to be in thr situation we are rn tho? If life was simpler more people probably had less problems - not too bad >
  
  Nothing has ever raised more people out of dire poverty than neoliberal capitalism. >
  
  Capitalism isn't bad at all, it gets things done in a way that all other systems fail to do, however there needs to be some regulation at the top end and also a mixture of social policies blended in such as welfare,  subsidized education and public health, to ensure that the people who are born at the lower end of the scale are taken car of and also have ample opportunities to advance up the capitalist ladder if they choose to do so. >
  
  I mean, historically speaking, you're kinda wrong, we didn't have capitalism for a long time and we did advance. Most of our history is not even capitalistic.
  The issue is that people tend to associate civil liberties with capitalism when those are inherently not the same, Romans had civil liberties under the golden era of the Empire, so did the Mongols, their women overall.
  It's a good propaganda trick but in reality is just a play to convince us that certain regulations are wrong, no, restricting freedoms is not against capitalism.
  Truth be told, two basic conditions to a more capitalistic and free society are fair play and freedom of information, none of which are being guaranteed by any country.
  China is capitalistic in its economy, socialist on its policies, but one can not say China doesn't follow capitalistic goals in its economy.
  The issue is, without those things mentioned before, we'll be stuck in a cycle of decay until the system finally breaks, we can not allow for lobbies and monopolies or oligopolies to destroy the foundations of our economic system to the confort of a minority which profits from these failures.
  Accountability needs to be enforced. >
  
  How is capitalism bad? please let me know on the better alternative? >
  
  "primed for success"... We're literally doomed. But ok.. >
  
  I bet that's what the Roman's said about tyrany >
  
  As bad as….??? >
  
  Yes, markets are good. They just need referees. >
  
  My best friend/music partner were JUST talking about this last night. Capitalism definitely has its negative aspects, but it’s also a big driving force in innovation. But I still believe the the U.S. can and should adopt positive aspects of other governments as well. Unchecked capitalism leads to extreme greed and a massive wage gap. >
  
  Hahaha! “Advanced” >
  
  kind of agree with this especially after watching latest johnny harris youtube about europe conquering africa >
  
  Without capitalism, we’d be a communist society run by on soul regime. >
  
  "Primed for success" lol >
  
  But capitalism isn’t bad. It’s the only economic system that has ever worked, and grants us more privileges than any other economic system even theoretically could.
  There’s a reason capitalist countries are leagues ahead in quality of life rankings. >
  
  Yes finally! 
  Someone who also understands, capitalism is perpetual slavery. We are only as advanced as we are because we have structured our society the way it is. 
  Without capitalism we’d likely function on a trade and barter system and world population would likely be around the 1,200,000,000 mark. 
  It would be different. That’s for sure. All my personal hypotheticals, Backed by hit and miss research. 
  In other words: we’d forfeit mass production, life saving surgery, Planes, the internet. 
  We’d live like the Indians. Maybe in much larger societies but similar.