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What are your thoughts on liberal anti-capitalism and reclaiming liberalism for the radical left? (mastodon.social)

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What are your thoughts on liberal anti-capitalism and reclaiming liberalism for the radical left?

Liberal anti-capitalists typically show that capitalism is illiberal through demonstrating how it violates liberal principles. An example would be David Ellerman in:

https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Article-from-ReclaimingLiberalismEbook.pdf

He argues that capitalist employment violates liberal principles of justice such as the norm that legal and de facto responsibility should match implying a theory of inalienable rights

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My thoughts are... that I'll see if ChatGPT or something can remove the chaff from that PDF, because oh man, is it full of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Here is a short introduction to the core argument against capitalism based on liberal principles: https://www.ellerman.org/inalienable-rights-part-i-the-basic-argument/

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