“you say capitalism but yet you live under capitalism, checkmate” doesn’t really work, because you don’t just get to choose the economic system you live in
Sure, capitalism has brought significant improvements to quality of life, but given that the systems that preceded it were largely feudalism and subsistence farming, that’s not really a high bar.
And it certainly doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t continue to develop economic and social systems that are even more equitable.
“you say capitalism but yet you live under capitalism, checkmate” doesn’t really work, because you don’t just get to choose the economic system you live in
Sure, capitalism has brought significant improvements to quality of life, but given that the systems that preceded it were largely feudalism and subsistence farming, that’s not really a high bar.
And it certainly doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t continue to develop economic and social systems that are even more equitable.