return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhy do some people defend the billionaires and capitalism?message-squaremessage-square251fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down124
arrow-up1269arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some people defend the billionaires and capitalism?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square251fedilink
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoOr they take capitalism as good and freedom as an axiom.
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoMost people will take “freedom” as an axiom, but how “freedom” is defined varies a lot. In a society where the commons are pretty much fully enclosed and you are homeless, the petite-bourgeois may very well be free, but you really aren’t.
Or they take capitalism as good and freedom as an axiom.
Most people will take “freedom” as an axiom, but how “freedom” is defined varies a lot. In a society where the commons are pretty much fully enclosed and you are homeless, the petite-bourgeois may very well be free, but you really aren’t.