Comment on When we explain to other people how our capitalist system works and they recoil in horror
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 days agoThis is why Libertarianism and Ayn Rand followers are so dumb. Galt’s Gulch only works because its like, a hundred or so people. The entire concept breaks at any level of scale. Not every person can provide a genius world changing idea to cash in on if only that pesky government would stay out of the way.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 days ago
They’re dumber because they effectively defend a type of feudalism where they’re on top and “merit” is the explanation for the hierarchy, all while complaining that everything bad is the state’s fault