Is capitalism and democracy the cause of the economic prosperity in the west or simply a coincidence that these countries adopted these systems at the

[isis_Bleach]

Is capitalism and democracy the cause of the modern economic prosperity in the west or simply a coincidence that these countries adopted these systems at the same time they began to prosper ?

 

[Deleted member 17791]

Capitalism helped but democracy didn't do much

 

[Deleted member 2729]

Is capitalism and democracy the cause of the modern economic prosperity in the west or simply a coincidence that these countries adopted these systems at the same time they began to prosper ?

the west was well off before democracy was introduced and capitalism aint that good but it's counterpart communism is just inferior. Look at Germany pre 1918 for example it was a Monarchy

 

[Deleted member 19499]

Capitalism helped but democracy didn't do much

Democracy killed the west

 

[n0rthface]

the west was well off before democracy was introduced and capitalism aint that good but it's counterpart communism is just inferior. Look at Germany pre 1918 for example it was a Monarchy

@LMSMaxxer @8PSLcel

 

[Magical Apple]

Is capitalism and democracy the cause of the modern economic prosperity in the west or simply a coincidence that these countries adopted these systems at the same time they began to prosper ?

Industrialization led in a shift from an agricultural feudal economy to a capitalist economy.

 

[currylightskin]

What democracy is actually nowadays

 

[disillusioned]

Capitalism helped but democracy didn't do much

Democracy is actually horrible. It's not random that after universal suffrage the West went from being a stable empire to being the failing degenerate system it is currently.

Women and minorities should never have any rights whatsoever. Period.

 

[isis_Bleach]

Democracy is actually horrible. It's not random that after universal suffrage the West went from being a stable empire to being the failing degenerate system it is currently.

Women and minorities should never have any rights whatsoever. Period.

Pens

 

[isis_Bleach]

Democracy is actually horrible. It's not random that after universal suffrage the West went from being a stable empire to being the failing degenerate system it is currently.

Women and minorities should never have any rights whatsoever. Period.

Why minorities
Racist

 

[disillusioned]

Why minorities
Racist

They don't give a shit about their new countries and just see themselves as colonizers.

 

[JBcollector]

Capitalism but not democracy
In fact democracy is a error of capitalism

 

[Lord-Arthur_17]

Critique of Markets

Overproduction
Currently the market produces 50% more food than it would need to feed earth's entire population.

Distributional Inefficiency
And yet, despite the market producing 50% more food than it would need to feed earth's entire population, 10,000,000 people starve to death every single year with another billion suffering from malnutrition.

Ruthless Competition
Everyone who does not do the best to get ahead of everyone else is actively punished by being overtaken by somebody else, leaving no space for anything that isn't the most profitable.

Inequality
With economy controlling so many aspects of society, it only makes sense that people with more economic power can have better life and better opportunities.

Generational Inequality
With better opportunities, people with more economic will have children that will have better opportunities (such as education and better social contacts), this will exponentially increase over generations, with people with less economic power having progressively less and less and people with more progressively more and more.

Corruption
With the massive amounts of money that can be amassed by individuals, buying influence becomes easy and common, leading to oligarchies, imperialism and general opression.

Poisoning of Society
Slavery, racism, anti-semitism, transphobia, homophobia, nationalism, misogeny, castes, ableism, ageism, anti-intellectualism, aporophobia were all caused in one way or another by market economics.

Monopolies
With rampant corruption, any sort of government will eventually become a puppet of the economy, leaving no democracy or freedom to speak of.

Inevitable Feudalism
With political monopolies forming, the society will eventually become more or less owned by one person and because of generational inequality, the corporate positions will become more or less inherited.