I am hardly a fundamentalist; especially when as an anarchist I have been arguing for simple socialism, regardless of which socialism it is, in this argument.
What you say about capitalism and complete market capitalism and mixed economy might look like you have a point. Here' I mean to this part:
"We're not using capitalism in the totally unregulated sense, and thus, Jillian's argument: capitalism is only saved by socialism, thus a mixed economy is a bad idea is totally irrelevant."
But I still fail to see why you point out to a society that stops exploitation by limiting capitalism (i.e. mixed economy) as a reason to keep capitalism. What redeeming factor does capitalism have that makes you not want more socialism and less capitalism? Why not bring back things like radical trade unionism which was responsible for the adoption of the eight-hour workday and basic safety standards on the workplace, and whose destruction marked increasingly lower wages from 1919 to 1939, culminating in the depression?
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You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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