How you know the West has changed for the worse. "Democracies vs authoritarians" instead of "capitalism vs communism"

[shockedcanadian]

There was a time that this was the way in which Western leaders compared our system to "theirs". That being Russia, China, Cuba etc.

Now it is framed as "democracies vs authoritarians". Acknowledging that there are some who admire communism in the West and/or government saying "we LIKE big spending on central control a la communism". Perhaps some can argue that there isn't any "real" communism anymore, except, there are peculiar forms of Marxism that we seem to like to fund.

Fair capitalism is vital. Reasonable regulations that protect against abuses and monopolies, while government is minimal based on need, not layer after layer of middle management and grossly overpaid upper management within an economy.

 

[Ringo]

Capitalism. The global slave trade amounts to millions of people a year. Normal slaves, in every sense.
These children, destined to be sold into sex slavery, were rescued in London.

 

[Oddball]

Capitalism. The global slave trade amounts to millions of people a year. Normal slaves, in every sense.
These children, destined to be sold into sex slavery, were rescued in London.

Slavery isn't capitalistic.

 

[Oddball]

There was a time that this was the way in which Western leaders compared our system to "theirs". That being Russia, China, Cuba etc.

Now it is framed as "democracies vs authoritarians". Acknowledging that there are some who admire communism in the West and/or government saying "we LIKE big spending on central control a la communism". Perhaps some can argue that there isn't any "real" communism anymore, except, there are peculiar forms of Marxism that we seem to like to fund.

Fair capitalism is vital. Reasonable regulations that protect against abuses and monopolies, while government is minimal based on need, not layer after layer of middle management and grossly overpaid upper management within an economy.

And it's the authoritarians who are the ones who're most vociferously and cynically wringing their hands about "MUH MOCRACY!"