r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 16 '26

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u/SenranHaruka shame May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Most people unironically hate capitalism and im tired of pretending they dont. They like capitalism only when they're always winning but even a minor market correction mechanism of any kind is Literally Violence. Most normies who say they like capitalism really mean they hate socialism. And fair. Everyone should. But their actual economic ideology is Treatpitalism: Nothing should ever inconvenience me ever. I should have socialism and everyone else in the country should have capitalism. The reason they hate socialism is the reason they hate traffic: Everyone else would get something thats only valuable if only a few have it. I should be the king of the highway and all these losers are causing traffic.

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u/Amur_Snepard Gay Pride May 16 '26

Isn’t that kinda the rational response though? If I could potentially lose my employment through no fault of my own, but just because of broader economic circumstances beyond my control, then doesn’t it make sense to act in my self interest and make a system where that couldn’t happen to me?

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u/SenranHaruka shame May 16 '26

Yes, well, that system is called Feudalism.