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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's also the worst. It was the backbone of both Nazi Germany, and modern Social Democracies. Capitalism is incredibly broad, both the most evil and most benign states in history have relied on Capitalism.

Socialism similarly is broad, and isn't at all synonymous with Stalinism or Maoism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's almost as if authoritarian/~~liberal~~libertarian and capitalism/socialism are orthogonal directions on the political compass

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

To be fair, the political compass is a vast oversimplification itself. For example, there cannot be an Anarchist Capitalism in any fashion, as Capitalism definitionally has a requirement for hierarchy to exist.

It's better to understand values and positions than try to place people on an imaginary grid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Libertarian*, but yeah.