The True Purpose and Meaning of Economics
I recently had some conversations with proponents of capitalism regarding the meaning of economics and rather than engage in thoughtful processes of discussion and inquiry, they found it necessary to fling around anti-socialist dogma and doubled down on almost sociopathic concepts of economy. Typically when talking with so-called pro-capitalists, instead of engaging in good faith and inquiry, they’ll point at the USSR or Cuba etc. and sneer the usual banal dogma about how they had breadlines, or that they’re “dictatorships”, as if that somehow constitutes not only an argument, but also a full resolution of, or petty dismissal of the problems we socialists seek to address — the contradictions of capitalism. It’s childishly tedious and easily rebutted if you have the patience of a saint and aren’t dealing with the proverbial chess playing pigeon. I’ve digressed here already, so from here on I’ll refrain from further venting of my frustration. Although I couldn’t get a comprehensible