12-05-2022, 02:48 PM
You couldn't be more wrong. Trade is essential, obviously, but "Free market" capitalism means globalism, which has destroyed small business and healthy commerce. Do you like the present state of the world? It's the end result of "free market" globalism.
The problem with capitalism per se is that it's an honor system, and honor is a scarce commodity in this world -- which is not to say that government controlled economies are the solution because representative government is also an honor system. The reality is that there is not an ideological solution, as theories fall apart when confronted with the vagaries of human nature. They work fine in controlled environments, but the multiverse we inhabit is an open system that is constantly changing, which is the diametrical opposite of a controlled environment. So there are no easy answers. The only one I know of is for humanity to pull itself up by it's bootstraps, which seems unlikely, but appearances can be deceiving so who knows what will happen in the near future.
The problem with capitalism per se is that it's an honor system, and honor is a scarce commodity in this world -- which is not to say that government controlled economies are the solution because representative government is also an honor system. The reality is that there is not an ideological solution, as theories fall apart when confronted with the vagaries of human nature. They work fine in controlled environments, but the multiverse we inhabit is an open system that is constantly changing, which is the diametrical opposite of a controlled environment. So there are no easy answers. The only one I know of is for humanity to pull itself up by it's bootstraps, which seems unlikely, but appearances can be deceiving so who knows what will happen in the near future.