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Mkwdr t1_itq09i3 wrote

Reply to comment by glass_superman in Peter Singer Is the Philosopher of the Status Quo by TuvixWasMurderedR1P

I don’t think it’s ridiculous if we take it as improve on rather than just change. It’s always possible to change just not necessarily for the better. There’s certainly lots to be improved in capitalism but whether it can be improved on is yet to be demonstrated. It’s certainly possible but the writer is far clearer on Singer’s faults than any alternative.

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glass_superman t1_itq4vwd wrote

> There’s certainly lots to be improved in capitalism but whether it can be improved on is yet to be demonstrated.

Probably the same was said of every economic system. It can't be bettered until it is.

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Mkwdr t1_itq7czb wrote

Or not. But it’s up to someone to suggest an alternative and why it might work better bearing in mind what we know about people etc ( and indeed better than a reformed version of what is already there) and persuade people that is the case.

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