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Critics of capitalism, what concrete economic policies do you support? (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by Mahlzeit@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Capitalism is criticized a lot on here (especially by American users, it seems to me). Most of that seems well-founded, but I also have the feeling that most of these complaints are simply venting and not the first step to improvement.

So I would like to know what specific changes you (especially Americans) want to see from lawmakers.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Return to pre-Reagan tax codes and laws. Bring back the 90% tax rate.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That makes you less a critic of capitalism and more of a critic of a particular set of policies within capitalism, right?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Everyone from Karl Marx to President Obama has said the same thing, we aren't going to change the system overnight. The funniest thing in the world is watching the local "revolutionaries" who have been screaming for overnight change for decades. Look at what happened in Russia after they kicked out the old Soviet system. A few guys like Putin snatched up everything at fire sale prices and the regular folks got less than nothing.