• kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    A friend of mine recently called me more brainwashed than anyone for questioning capitalism and said how can I question a system that gives me bread and butter.

    When I tried to point out that the system does not give me food by the goodness of it’s heart but rather extracts something out of me in return, he pointed out that Milton Friedman was a staunch supporter of capitalism and there is no way I can know more than him.

    But the truth is, the world is crumbling. And I had rather believe what is unfolding before my own eyes than an economics textbook from 1970s (not to mention, that unlike say math economics isn’t that objective a field. Just like he purported a free market supporting Economist, I too can forward names of folks who support the opposite POV).

    The day folks stop seeing themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires would be awakening.

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Milton Friedman was a staunch supporter of capitalism and there is no way I can know more than him.

      Einstein supported socialism. You think you’re smarter than Einstein???