Comment on Buy Nothing DayparentComments−philwelch13y> A culture can stop being capitalistic and consumer-driven without becoming a fear driven dictatorship.Do you have an empirical example of this?−bravoyankee13yI'm not an expert on alternative economies (sorry) but I can name a capitalist consumer-driven society that is controlled by fear of their government.−mseebach13y> I'm not an expert on alternative economies (sorry)You don't have to be an expert, but you did assert that is was possible. That usually implies some level of empirical evidence.> but I can name a capitalist consumer-driven society that is controlled by fear of their government.So can I, but luckily correlation doesn't imply causation.
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> A culture can stop being capitalistic and consumer-driven without becoming a fear driven dictatorship.
Do you have an empirical example of this?
I'm not an expert on alternative economies (sorry) but I can name a capitalist consumer-driven society that is controlled by fear of their government.
> I'm not an expert on alternative economies (sorry)
You don't have to be an expert, but you did assert that is was possible. That usually implies some level of empirical evidence.
> but I can name a capitalist consumer-driven society that is controlled by fear of their government.
So can I, but luckily correlation doesn't imply causation.