return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhen/how do you think capitalism will be defeated?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down156
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minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoA lot of capitalist countries have free healthcare. So how is capitalism preventing that?
minus-squareJimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoBecause in those countries it was regulated enough? The question you need to answer is why countries like the US don’t and if you disagree that capitalism didn’t have anything to do with it
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoWell yes, regulation is often needed to ensure that markets remain free and the USA is a great example of how that can fail.
minus-squareJimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThe USA is also a good example how the markets can get in the way of the regulation and of free markets. The players in the free market don’t really benefit from being in a free market. They have every incentive to change that.
A lot of capitalist countries have free healthcare. So how is capitalism preventing that?
Because in those countries it was regulated enough?
The question you need to answer is why countries like the US don’t and if you disagree that capitalism didn’t have anything to do with it
Well yes, regulation is often needed to ensure that markets remain free and the USA is a great example of how that can fail.
The USA is also a good example how the markets can get in the way of the regulation and of free markets. The players in the free market don’t really benefit from being in a free market. They have every incentive to change that.