• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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        19 days 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?

        • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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          19 days ago

          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.