Yeah and communism works in theory
Why does the West put so much emphasis on individualism and dont see any benefit in collectivism...
Benjamin Davis
Cameron Thomas
A good and strong western philosophical practise has always been to think for ones own and practise self-reliance. This has been thrown on its head by people in power shining the limelight on people like Peterson, who not only advocate for submission to the system, revising the word 'individual' to mean acceptance. But blame an abstract philosophical idea for the downfalls of modern society instead of the system it is within.
The Aristotelian slave wants to feel good and even though his outward monologue is "individual" which makes him feel superior to those he is speaking with, his deeper subconscious one is "slave to the system".
By showing an outward image of revised 'individualism', that person becomes a perfect cog for capital accumulation.
Hunter Sullivan
If the free market is the most efficient why, then, in times of crisis such as the aftermath of an earthquake, when we most need to act quickly and efficiently, do we abandon your free market dogma and instead follow Marx's slogan, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need"? Indeed, in these times of crisis the capitalists who try to apply your cherished principles are frequently (and rightly) maligned for price gouging.
I think what tends to confuse free market enthusiasts is the word free.
Zachary Clark
Individuality is freedom, politics are hard to follow, and capital is self-perpetuating.
Charles Martinez
Nathan Turner
This guy's point of view is actually very underrated.
You work and contribute to the collective society, then you die at some point.
We can sit down and debate the unfairness of capitalism all day, but it really doesn't matter unless you are learning and yor eventual aim is to either take action for or against the status quo.
Lincoln Carter
whitehead, deleuze, nietzsche
Daniel Martin
Capitalism is arugably not voluntary. You are being coerced, unfairly manipulated to work or starve, without consideration being taken in regards to what that individuals personal needs and personal problems might be.
Where friends and family fail, society should pick up the tab, so long as the individual is trying to contribute and the amount of contribution is agreed upon by the parties it involves.
Jordan Murphy
I don't think any human society is 'voluntary' or ever has been. You do what society expects or you're outcast.
The liberal democracies are rather unusual in that they have mostly unconditional welfare systems
Jayden Lewis
>alternative to Crapitalism
Such as?