I agree with your sentiment about Democracy and Capitalism. But I think your argument gets a bit convoluted from that point on ... To my mind, and I have degrees in neither economics or political science, it appears that, contrary to the 20th Century's famous false dichotomies (Democracy or Communism)(Capitalism or Socialism), most systems of governance are 1) some combination of varying degrees of these ideologies 2) in constant flux or evolution and 3) therefore pretty unique to themselves (though some clearly have more in common with each other.) I see no possible absolutes, neither in philosophy nor in practice. Only an endless supply of recipes for something between utopia and disaster.
So I disagree with your choice of alternatives. It doesn't seem to be about alternatives, but rather balance.
And therefore...
It is not the labels which are important, because they practically lack any purpose but their old connotations at this point.
Here's my opus on the matter... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
That's why I made my warning about semantics. I think you should repost it here, it makes a nice contrast to mine and perhaps we can get two sorts of comments from the same people. Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
That was my point... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
