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Originally Posted by MagnumPI
Sure, but it doesn't change the definition. Centrally managed capitalism or state-capitalism is an oxymoron. Calling fascism capitalism doesn't make it capitalism.
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It's the only kind that anyone alive has ever seen. And likely the only kind I'll ever see in my lifetime. I guess we can argue about the degree of fascism but instead, let me try and be more clear so we can quit this word game. Go to China right now, and see what (IMO) is what unrestrained capitalism would look like. If you ask me, I think it actually would look and feel a lot worse than China does right now. I've lived there, I can tell you what the air tastes like, how it burns your eyes. I've flown in on a perfectly bright sunny day only to land in a city where the noon sun is a blurry weak yellow spot in a dingy gray sky. I've seen rivers and lakes of every color. You don't drink water that hasn't been boiled, and sometimes you want to pour a film off the top too.