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[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

No, it is not about competition on an international level. It's an economic system for a state, not an economic strategy

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 days ago

It's an economic system for a state

Umm, we're in international economy. There's no capitalist state that doesn't do international trade.

And the states are in competition with one another. That's why tarifs exist.

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

That's correct. Not sure what your point is?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 days ago

International economy means that there is a competition going on between the nations.

If Chinese companies sell more EVs, Germany's economy suffers.

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

True or false: A capitalist nation can trade with a communist nation.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 day ago
[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Lol come on man.

I said capitalism is the economic system of a state. You started going on about international trade, making it sound like "nations compete therefore capitalism is all trade".

I tried to help you understand by proposing the question of whether a communist state can trade with a capitalist state (it can). So that you understand that capitalism is not defined by international trade.

I think you forgot what you were arguing about?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 day ago

Lol come on man.

Don't try to gocha me with your leading questions, "man"!

said capitalism is the economic system of a state. You started going on about international trade, making it sound like "nations compete therefore capitalism is all trade".

Your conclusion is false. It's actually: Capitalism requires nations to compete.

I tried to help you understand by proposing the question of whether a communist state can trade with a capitalist state

If a "communist" state (which is an oxymoron, since communism is by definition stateless) trades with a capitalist state, it's in a capitalist context. The states interact on a capitalist world market.

So that you understand that capitalism is not defined by international trade.

International trade is a consequence of capitalism in a world of nation states.

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