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That's because there's no competition. Capitalism requires competition. Adam Smith thought it was the job of the state to step in and ensure that monopolies were broken up so that capitalism could work.
There are only 2 US car manufacturers, 3 if you want to count Tesla.
Because they're weaponizing section 1201 of the DMCA to prevent people from competing with them.
What you hate isn't capitalism, it's that you can't even get capitalism because the government refuses to regulate businesses. For capitalism to work, the state has to ensure that there's healthy competition in the marketplace. But, when there's competition a rich person who owns capital might lose. So, a rich person much prefers feudalism or a corporatocracy to capitalism.
So really its corporatism we should hate and not capitalism?
There are TONS of people who would go buy a non-computerized car in a SECOND. I have money, I am one of them. But they refuse to give us a product ? Its baffling!
It's not baffling when you realize that there are only 2 remaining car manufacturers in the US, and fewer than 20 worldwide.
Look at the number of car companies established just in 1900:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vehicle_manufacturing_companies_established_in_1900
When there are only 2 manufacturers in a space, it's no surprise if they ignore certain consumers. If there were a hundred different manufacturers like there were in the early 1900s, then there would almost certainly be someone offering something closer to what you want.
If capitalism will always naturally morph into this late stage that seems similar to feudalism, then that’s part of capitalism.
It’s like saying you like playing monopoly but then after all the properties are bought out you turn around and say it’s no longer monopoly.
Nothing is inevitable. Backsliding is always common. Most forms of government tend to backslide towards a strong-man at the top who is above the law. This is exactly what's happening with the American democratic republic that was previously a mix of capitalism and socialism. That doesn't mean that a strong man is a natural element of capitalism or democracy or republics or socialism or capitalism. It's that a strong man who's above the law is a common feature of human communities.
Pretty much every form of government that allows for more participation by the people being governed tries to put constraints on the rulers. The US called theirs "checks and balances". The British started with the Magna Carta.
You're talking about monopoly, the board game, previously called "the landlord's game", a game designed to teach about the dangers of monopolies?
So just because it’s possible for any system to become corrupt that means they are all the same?
I’m claiming that capitalism in particular is one of the most corruptible systems, it’s basically by design.
It tries to harness the power of greed and turn it into positive sum games, which don’t seem to work in practice after early stage capitalism.
It’s an optimization problem, how can we minimize corruptions by changing what forces drive our society. I think greed driving society maximizes corruption and think we should replace that with something else. Saying all systems can become corrupt doesn’t add anything to the task at hand.