supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agoPirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down126
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squarePirates are just hyperindividualized, privatized navies engaged in a competitive market with one another so how can they be worse than navies according to the logic of capitalism?supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 days agoCapitalism by definition runs on legal framework. If you’re not adhering to the legal framework, you’re not engaging in capitalism
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 days agoAccording to who? I have seen zero evidence in my life capitalism requires a legal framework, it simply requires the threat of violence.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 days ago According to who? That’s the basic definition of capitalism: Free market + legal framework that enforces agreements and private property.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·9 days agoA legal framework is a monopoly on violence.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoReally wish more people understood this.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoThis whole post is just a political “capitalism bad” statement. It might as well be about bank robbers.
Capitalism by definition runs on legal framework. If you’re not adhering to the legal framework, you’re not engaging in capitalism
According to who? I have seen zero evidence in my life capitalism requires a legal framework, it simply requires the threat of violence.
That’s the basic definition of capitalism: Free market + legal framework that enforces agreements and private property.
A legal framework is a monopoly on violence.
Really wish more people understood this.
This whole post is just a political “capitalism bad” statement. It might as well be about bank robbers.