wish so badly we could decouple the practices of "this" particular flavor of capitalism from the actual mechanics of enterprise.

I often resent that our only understanding of capitalism is one anchored in a patriarchy designed and dominated by a specific demographic. For example, if most of the owner/executive class were women.. black women, even (or asian, latin american, young, elderly, etc.).. would female-led corporations exhibit similar behavior?? would there have been so much tax evasion? Would there have been so much oppressive exploitation? Outsourcing? Would ruthless profit maximization have been bolstered as the end-all be-all of enterprise? We don't even know because there are literally so few examples of an economy with a diverse owner/executive class. Even just having a female U.S. presidential candidate propose a different, more disciplined, accountable, flavour of capitalism that could be possible with better regulation has been refreshing to so many people (based on the traction Warren is getting with her message).

I think Sanders supporters should try to realize that, as passionate as they are about his call for socialist revolution, some people don't necessarily hate the idea of enterprise or want to do away with capitalism all together. Some of us see enterprise as a preferred pathway to security, to access, to comfort, to creative fulfilment. Others may derive similar security, or access, or comfort, or creative fulfilment from other things in life and want to focus more of their energy on that - and that's fine too.

Personally, I don't see why one group must cease to exist to spare the other (which is why I still disapprove of the current squeeze felt by those not in the exorbitantly wealthy owner/executive class). I think both views are perfectly acceptable (in theory) and, ideally, a society should be able to accomodate both. That's why I think strict corrections to the current system are long overdue, but stop short of supporting a complete overthrow.

Just speaking for myself btw, and wanted to shed light into the thinking of somebone that leans more Warren than Sanders. Or, more broadly, more Social Democrat than Democratic Socialist. There are lots of other views, of course..


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>Wanting those things means re-conceiving a lot of things that
>people want to treat like gravity, an intractable fact of
>nature. You're telling them that the entire way they
>understand the world is wrong. Liberals will fight socialism
>just as hard as they fight fascism, but they'll do it while
>telling you they agree with you in principle - it's just that
>now isn't the time with all these fascists around.