Random thought.
If public libraries didn't already exist, capitalism wouldn't let you invent it. Can you imagine how many billions Jeff Bezos would plough into fighting the idea, destroying any politician who dared to back it?
Support your local library.
What does capitalism have to do with the fact most people are stupid enough to get locked into a walled garden where they don't really buy anything but pay for a subscription?
What does capitalism have to do with the fact that we are being pushed into a future where we essentially own nothing and we're supposed to be happy about it?
Neither of these things are a fundamental part of capitalism.
@Kalki_Rider They seem directly connected, to me. Capitalism causes both of them.
Yes, that is correct. Capitalism says nothing, however, about ensuring that ownership is equitable, fair, or even common.
The post-war social democracies of Europe showed the lowest income inequality and the greatest social mobility of any Western region ever.
Admittedly those advances only existed because members of the various European Establishments were petrified of permanently losing their privileged status to a socialist state, but the principle stands.
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