Then is an absolute monarch capitalist? It is fundamentally a different system to have a state merged with corporation as compared to have them divorced. To deny that is to be intentionally obtuse.
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If the capitalists are in charge of the state, they are the state. So it is not privately owned, it is state owned, the state just doesn’t serve the populace. That’s not capitalism.
the large firms and key industries are overwhelmingly publicly owned and planned
To not too dissimilar an extent as modern Russia
the working class is in control of the state.
Do you believe this for North Korea? If so, why not Russia?
Except that is not the principle in either country. There are plenty of cases where the state is in principle in control, or actually in control. Russia, similar to other economies, such as fascist Italy or China is structured in such away where you can exist as a “private” company as long as you ultimately bow to the state. You could also put many of the gulf states into that club. If socialism is not “when government does stuff” then capitalism is not “when rich people”
But it does not meet the definition of capitalism you gave. I agree its also not entirely socialist. It’s almost like its not a binary, most economies are mixed. The US is also not purely capitalist.
You said larger firms and key industries. In Russia small firms are more private, but larger firms and industries range from heavily state influenced to fully nationalized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Russia
4/5 the top 5 companies are transparently state owned
What is ownership? If I say you own a car, but take it and drive it whenever I want, even if you may own it- I control it. Given that context, is modern Russia socialist or capitalist?
It seems to me at the moment you define essentially everything as capitalism
They didn’t break any rules explicitly, I especially want to be cautious when moderating criticism of moderators.
Or did they make you a mod after you said you wouldn’t censor?
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capitalism is when rich people exist then?
Someone who supports extreme(ie violent) actions to enact change.
That alone is not what makes someone an extremist, and you know that
Became a moderator of c/politics saying that we wouldn’t censor based on political view
Yes? Acting like tankies haven’t also killed people… I had tankies stalk me on lemmy because I: was under 30, and did not have a political science degree. You’d think that’s an exaggeration but it’s not.
The question was about extremists
I didn’t say feudalism. Though I agree, but why is it different from capitalism?