Once the fringiest of marginal groups, the DSA now has close to 130,000 members, up from 5,000 15 years ago. And its members are winning Democratic primaries across the country.
Megan Romer, national co-chair, said its growth reflected a deep frustration with a system she said was failing young people. “People are, like, well, OK, capitalism’s not working,” she said in an interview. “So what else is there?”
The core of capitalism - “you do work and I keep the profits” - is difficult to see as fair and just. Stuff like lower costs and “innovation” are incidental.
You can have competition and innovation without everything being owned by a few guys who don’t even work.
Are you implying that Elon Musk isn’t creating a trillion dollars worth of value by shitposting AI glamor videos at 3 AM?
Capitalism doesn’t lower costs and copyright/patent laws do more to stifle innovation than promote it.
Sure, but people believe they do. They often conflate capitalism with markets and competition