• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    No, it is not about competition on an international level. It’s an economic system for a state, not an economic strategy

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      1 month ago

      It’s an economic system for a state

      Umm, we’re in international economy. There’s no capitalist state that doesn’t do international trade.

      And the states are in competition with one another. That’s why tarifs exist.

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          1 month ago

          International economy means that there is a competition going on between the nations.

          If Chinese companies sell more EVs, Germany’s economy suffers.

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                1 month ago

                Lol come on man.

                I said capitalism is the economic system of a state. You started going on about international trade, making it sound like “nations compete therefore capitalism is all trade”.

                I tried to help you understand by proposing the question of whether a communist state can trade with a capitalist state (it can). So that you understand that capitalism is not defined by international trade.

                I think you forgot what you were arguing about?

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                  Lol come on man.

                  Don’t try to gocha me with your leading questions, “man”!

                  said capitalism is the economic system of a state. You started going on about international trade, making it sound like “nations compete therefore capitalism is all trade”.

                  Your conclusion is false. It’s actually: Capitalism requires nations to compete.

                  I tried to help you understand by proposing the question of whether a communist state can trade with a capitalist state

                  If a “communist” state (which is an oxymoron, since communism is by definition stateless) trades with a capitalist state, it’s in a capitalist context. The states interact on a capitalist world market.

                  So that you understand that capitalism is not defined by international trade.

                  International trade is a consequence of capitalism in a world of nation states.