By senorcoconut on Skatehive
https://img.leopedia.io/DQmST3eukVn68v4pEjYTKMgFtpHqjnpT4vkpm8n6BZwMYoo/1000018459.png For a lot of people, “capitalism” has become a catch-all villain. Stagnant wages? Capitalism. Crushing debt? Capitalism. No upward mobility? Capitalism. But what if that word is doing more harm than good? Because what we’re living under today isn’t capitalism in any serious or historical sense. What capitalism was supposed to be At its core, capitalism requires a few uncomfortable things: Free markets Honest price discovery Real risk Real failure In true capitalism: Bad ideas die Overleveraged companies collapse Reckless risk is punished, not bailed out It’s a harsh system—but it’s also self-correcting. What we actually have Now compare that to reality. Markets today are anything but free: Monopolies are protected, not challenged (Big Food dominance) Corporations help write the regulations meant to restrain them (Regulatory capture) Losses are socialized through bailouts (Bank bailouts) Money itself