• @boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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    -12 years ago

    And that’s the issue. The latter, of being free to even have the the possibility for economic freedom, is liberalism in it’s essence. And that’s not happening in capitalism. Under capitalism only the rich are free, so liberalism happens outside of capitalism.

    • mathemachristian[he]
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      12 years ago

      No it isn’t. That’s just not what people mean when they talk about “liberalism”. Liberalism’s core idea is around a free (liberal) market. Just like how socialism’s core idea is around a collectivization of the means of production. You cant be a capitalist socialist and you cant be an anticapitalist liberal. It doesn’t make sense.

      • @boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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        -12 years ago

        Tying liberalism to the market is an afterthought. Its core is in social freedom.

        Only the rich are free in capitalism

        • mathemachristian[he]
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          12 years ago

          If it is its not mine. This is what people talk about when they talk about liberalism. If you want to use the word differently you should clarify that from the start b

          • @boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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            2 years ago

            People should read up on liberalism and stick to it instead of capitalist newspeak

            And we who know better can always correct the misuse