People are not prevented from earning money from their work, by offering a fair exchange of goods and services for this work. But in neoliberalism this does not work like that, in politics they favor, not their corresponding voters, but they work for the benefit of large companies, banks and economic powers, at the cost of the work of others. This has nothing to do with the sovereignty of the people, but with the sovereignty of an economic elite with our politicians and the media as spokespersons.
Even this war and also the previous ones were because of this, every time when this bubble was about to burst, to make a “reset”, enriching those who caused it and leaving crises, miseries and deaths for the population, just like now, look who have an economic crisis now, with banks and multinationals making record profits, who suffers is the people. This is what I mean by sovereignty so that capitalism regains its original meaning.
Same in any other system which lacks the sovereignty of the people and that grants it to an elite. In this case there can never be an egalitarian and fair system. If a small merchant charges you abusive prices for a service or item, you will be left without clients and those who trust him, if a multinational or a bank does, you can even be required by law to go to them, if they have the necessary lobbies in politics. This is independent of the political system where there is an elite and a capital that governs the rules.
The only way is to put the sovereignty of the population as a whole ahead of the factual and economic powers and not the other way around, as is done now. Only in this way can the abuse and greed of a few be avoided.
Se also this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/492455
So where in the idea of capitalism do you see a mechanism that avoids colluding and undermining the sovereignty of people?
From my POV, capitalism is the act of maximising profit/cash flow. This may happen through peaceful agreements, soft power or hard power.
What part of capitalism are you referring to, when you distinguish it from neo-liberalism?
People are not prevented from earning money from their work, by offering a fair exchange of goods and services for this work. But in neoliberalism this does not work like that, in politics they favor, not their corresponding voters, but they work for the benefit of large companies, banks and economic powers, at the cost of the work of others. This has nothing to do with the sovereignty of the people, but with the sovereignty of an economic elite with our politicians and the media as spokespersons. Even this war and also the previous ones were because of this, every time when this bubble was about to burst, to make a “reset”, enriching those who caused it and leaving crises, miseries and deaths for the population, just like now, look who have an economic crisis now, with banks and multinationals making record profits, who suffers is the people. This is what I mean by sovereignty so that capitalism regains its original meaning.
If there’s no way to prevent a horrible side effect, then it’s just as bad as if that effect was intentional.
Same in any other system which lacks the sovereignty of the people and that grants it to an elite. In this case there can never be an egalitarian and fair system. If a small merchant charges you abusive prices for a service or item, you will be left without clients and those who trust him, if a multinational or a bank does, you can even be required by law to go to them, if they have the necessary lobbies in politics. This is independent of the political system where there is an elite and a capital that governs the rules. The only way is to put the sovereignty of the population as a whole ahead of the factual and economic powers and not the other way around, as is done now. Only in this way can the abuse and greed of a few be avoided. Se also this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/492455