See the stickied comment below for an explanation and statement of our purpose, based on simple back-of-the-napkin math
E: if someone could please link this community to r/aspen and r/roaringforkvalley I would greatly appreciate it. I’ve been IP banned by the all powerful AI mod monster, like many folks on Lemmy
I understand what you are saying now, in putting it that way.
I’ll ask a simple question, in your opinion, how is unfettered capitalism in the US hypothetically less exploitative of the rest of the world, the global south, etc, than having moderated capitalism? I do not understand that perspective. Especially in that the US adopting moderated capitalism would hopefully push the world in that direction more largely, given our, admittedly highly imperial, influence?
I would like to better understand why the current system is somehow less exploitative in your view. I would think at worst one could say they would be equally exploitative
Moderated or not, US Capitalism depends on Imperialism, as all highly developed Capitalist systems do. Imperialism becomes an economic necessity for Capitalist countries thay reach the monopolist stage, which itself is an economic compulsion of Capitalism. Social Democracies like the Nordic Countries still practice Imperialism, and not at a lesser degree, just a lesser scale.
Further, that’s even assuming we can moderate the system. All states are dominated by a class, in the US that’s the bourgeoisie. We can’t just say “these are good ideas and are what we want,” the Capitalists have to want it too. That’s why revolution is necessary. Socialism is necessary.