• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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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?

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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      1 month 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.