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And yes, the section claiming that
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And yes, the section claiming that Capitalism is \'\'self-\'\'destructive was a mistake. \'\'Governments\'\' are destroyed by the capital accumulation dynamic, \'\'not Capitalism itself\'\' (as Marxists hope).

I assume you\'re referring to the section explaining the \"systems\" themselves and the other which explains the \"schools of thought\". The problem with explaining which systems arise from political attempts to implement one (or more) schools is that this is Grade-A Flame Bait.

Most infamously, Austrian-school economists and Neoliberal thinkers such as Ayn Rand believe(d) that if their ideas were implemented in reality then the political-economic system which resulted would be a perfectly meritocratic democracy. Almost everyone else believes that the result would be a (de facto) dictatorship with little or no social mobility.
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Capitalism is an economic system, so by definition it cannot exist independently of a human society and its politics.
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Capitalism is an economic system, so by definition it cannot exist independently of human society and its politics.
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Good point re: domination, that would be untrue in a Social Democracy.
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Good point re: Capitalist domination, that would be untrue in a Social Democracy.
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And yes, the section claiming that \"Capitalism\" is self-destructive was a mistake. \'\'Societies\'\' worsen and implode as a result of Capitalism, \'\'not Capitalism itself\'\' (as Marxists hope).

I assume you\'re referring to the section explaining the \"systems\" themselves and the other which explains the \"schools of thought\". The problem with explaining which systems arise from political attempts to implement one (or more) schools is that this is Grade-A Flame Bait.

Most infamously, Austrian-school economists and Neoliberal thinkers such as Ayn Rand believe(d) that if their ideas were implemented in reality then the political-economic system which resulted would be a perfectly meritocratic democracy. Almost everyone else believes that the result would be a (de facto) dictatorship with little or no social mobility.
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