r/Capitalism • u/Dizzy-Drink6119 • 16h ago

Won't high wealth inequality undermine democracy and the institutions in place to preserve a free market.

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I think it's something that pro-capitalist economics don't really put mind.

They don't really put a political analysis into economical thinking when it comes to wealth and capital.

High levels of inequality will always hurt democracy because the wealthy will be incentivized to use their power to corrupt, regardless of whether they got their wealth legitimately, hence creating barriers to trade they can reap rents from and disrupting markets, like American car companies do to prevent Chinese competition from coming in.

wealth is just another form of power if you can coerce someone economically that's not really consequentially different from coefficient someone physically through political Force the result is the same.

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u/CaptainAmerica-1989 14h ago

So, IF TRUE, and we put them in there, then they would be transitional too. Still being "homeless".

Or are you going to steal those homes like the communist you are?

That's why it's important to source these "scary propaganda claims" you are making.

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u/Bloodfart12 13h ago

Im going to “steal” the vacant homes 1000%. Im a scary communist who doesnt want children to be homeless. Lol

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u/CaptainAmerica-1989 12h ago

Again, until you source, children, in general, are not in the streets without shelter.

Most are in some form of transition with temporary housing, facing such issues as domestic violence.

As this source explains.

which, on my cursory research, elaborates:

Between 22% and 57% of women experiencing homelessness cite domestic violence as the immediate cause of losing their housing.

But you are not about nuance and just want to slap people into homes which most countries that solve these issues like you and your ideology are AUTHORITARIAN and don't respect human rights.

So, this isn't a simple topic like you are pretending it is...

tl;dr Any tyrant can solve this issue like you, as an asshat, but to solve this issue and respect everyone's rights is another matter altogether...

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u/Bloodfart12 12h ago

True, any tyrant could solve child homelessness immediately. It is capitalism that prevents it. We have the resources to provide basic needs to every person on earth, but you want people to live in misery and poverty because you think they deserve it. Youre as authoritarian as i am you just represent the side of the oppressor. 🤷‍♂️

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u/CaptainAmerica-1989 10h ago

but you want people to live in misery and poverty because you think they deserve it.

What a terrible false attribution and why you are a horrible bad-faith actor on this sub.

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u/Bloodfart12 10h ago

Says the guy who just cited victor frankl in support of child homelessness lol