Left - Right : Epiphany

[Nibblewitz]

Aspects of unfettered capitalism exist in society and have terrible implications. Speculative investment and the destruction of international trade barriers come to mind.

P.S. I don't want to have a philosophical debate about Marxism; it is an interesting theory and has some explanatory power, but I have no intention of shoving it down anyone's throats. It is a classical concept and worth mentioning when discussing the intersections of economics and politics.

[entruil]

Originally Posted by Nibblewitz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

intersections of economics and politics.

I just want to leave this here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Nibblewitz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aspects of unfettered capitalism exist in society and have terrible implications. Speculative investment and the destruction of international trade barriers come to mind.

P.S. I don't want to have a philosophical debate about Marxism; it is an interesting theory and has some explanatory power, but I have no intention of shoving it down anyone's throats. It is a classical concept and worth mentioning when discussing the intersections of economics and politics.

Yeah, I'm not arguing for the virtues of unfettered capitalism. I am just identifying the danger of large government in such an environment. You contend government should restrain capitalism, which I agree with. The danger that I see is when you have a large government that does not do that, which is necessarily the case such an environment. Put another way, restraining capitalism moves things to the left, so you no longer have a large government on the right.