• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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      23 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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        23 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.