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@whatzaname @AlexanderKingsbury @gnutelephony @RD4Anarchy @gerrymcgovern @neonsnake

The fundamental and irresolvable tension in capitalism as an *idea* is that private ownership of the means of production a) is the product of violence and b) precludes voluntary exchange. They are irreconcilable. You can have a private property regime or you can have free trade, but you can’t have both together.

If they’re ever faced with a choice between the two, capitalists will always choose property over free markets, and whenever possible, capitalists will work to undermine free markets.

Competition? The risk of failure? Capitalists hate those!