So the AOC thread, and the insistence by
@jon_mx and a few others that she is a socialist (or communist) who hates capitalism, had me thinking about the continued relevance of these terms in today’s society. It seems to me that we are facing two existential crisis: climate change and the threat of loss of future jobs brought about by automation. These two issues should force us to come up with new terms.
For instance, if a person’s philosopy is:
I believe in free enterprise and the less government interference the better, but I also believe that climate change can only be fought by forced government changes to industry.
Is this person still a capitalist? Is he a socialist? My point is that neither term is accurate. But I don’t have a term to replace them either.