Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

coke_and_coffee t1_itrcl48 wrote

This subreddit is really really really anti-capitalist. If you push back even the slightest on any kind of critique related to capitalism here you will get swamped with downvotes.

I would argue that this kind of anti-capitalist mentality is the root of many deranged philosophies.

−15

VitriolicViolet t1_itsh6mz wrote

most critiques either use strawmen (most people cant define terms like capitalism or communism) or end up asking for an entire dissertation on an alternative system.

i would argue the blind devotion to capitalism most people show is it self deranged.

and i say that as someone who doesnt like any system (nothing we have invented is fit for purpose, we need a new ideology not rehashed 200+ year old ones).

5

coke_and_coffee t1_itsojrn wrote

> i would argue the blind devotion to capitalism most people show is it self deranged.

I’m talking about the world of philosophy though. Yeah, most laymen have a pretty poor understanding of capitalism and simply support it blindly, but people who study philosophy should know better than to be so rabidly anti-capitalist/anti-liberal.

I think a lot of people get very frustrated at those of us who defend liberalism because it’s just so easy to imagine a world that is better than the one we inhabit. And they’re frustrated that we seem to be “blocking” them from making that fantasy a reality. But the more wizened among us should know to urge great caution in pursuing these fantasies.

1

iiioiia t1_itt4s8f wrote

Do you think the level of broad discussion of "utopian" ideas/goals/etc is too little, too much, or just about right?

1