Free Market Capitalism

[MSimon]

Is another name for evolution.

It is interesting to me that these same people don’t understand capitalism. My wild guess estimate is that 95% of climate scientist experts believe in evolution, yet generally don’t support free market capitalism, when they are actually the same thing. Each one representing a system reacting to conditions of the environment for maximum benefit. There is no such thing as truly free market and the value being optimized in both cases is different. Capitalism optimizing money and evolution optimizes survival but I don’t really understand how people hold polar opposite views on both matters. It seems to me that socialists shouldn’t believe in evolution, and capitalists should. The matter isn’t black and white and people are funny things so the evidence on which people make decisions regarding their core beliefs is beyond my understanding. I’m off topic a bit bit it leaves me wondering.

http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/14617/

[Teahive]

Are believing, supporting, and understanding also supposed to be the same thing?

What's the equivalent of genetic engineering?

[paperburn1]

I guess it speaks to the duality of mankind.

[MSimon]

I guess it speaks to the duality of mankind.

Reminds me of a quote from a mathematician, "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

[choff]

A sharp distinction should be drawn between free enterprise and private monopoly capitalism. In the west the line is increasingly being blurred between private and state monopoly capitalism, free markets are well on the way to being killed off.

[TDPerk]

"What's the equivalent of genetic engineering?"

Entrepreneurialism.

I'm not sure why that isn't, "on the nose" ?

[TDPerk]

"In the west the line is increasingly being blurred between private and state monopoly capitalism, free markets are well on the way to being killed off."

Well yes. Not enough opportunities for graft for politicians in actual capitalism.