Here in Denmark we rank higher than the U.S. in ease of doing business. We don’t have a minimum wage and it’s super easy to fire people. We capitalism harder than America. On the other hand, we offer great safety nets and social services (paid for with high taxes), because we acknowledge that businesses do different things to the state.
I don’t think the issue is limiting capitalism. If anything, unleashing capitalism results in competition and amazing products and services. Our tiny nation is a world leader in pharmaceuticals and shipping. Where I think we get it right is ensuring people don’t fall through the cracks. Being temporarily unemployed can be hard to navigate and we help people when that happens. We provide free healthcare so no one needs to try to work while sick. We provide free education so that we can specialise in a competitive world. Because people aren’t desperate for work, they’re able to better negotiate with employers. They can turn down shitty offers and shitty employers. This leads to great workplace conditions for most people and high wages.
Sure but what are the specific policies that explain this specific pattern? That’s what I’d like to know. Just writing it off as capitalism bad doesn’t help, even if it’s true.
If that’s what you wanted to know, why didn’t you ask what the specifics were? All you made was an open ended statement that could be interpreted any number of ways, most of which (in modern colloquial conversation, and this particular context) are going to be viewed as a defense of what the commenter was criticizing.
If you want to have an explicit discussion, ask explicit questions, dont just assume some rando on the internet is going to know your intent.
Because they put limits on capitalism.
It is not all or nothing.
Here in Denmark we rank higher than the U.S. in ease of doing business. We don’t have a minimum wage and it’s super easy to fire people. We capitalism harder than America. On the other hand, we offer great safety nets and social services (paid for with high taxes), because we acknowledge that businesses do different things to the state.
I don’t think the issue is limiting capitalism. If anything, unleashing capitalism results in competition and amazing products and services. Our tiny nation is a world leader in pharmaceuticals and shipping. Where I think we get it right is ensuring people don’t fall through the cracks. Being temporarily unemployed can be hard to navigate and we help people when that happens. We provide free healthcare so no one needs to try to work while sick. We provide free education so that we can specialise in a competitive world. Because people aren’t desperate for work, they’re able to better negotiate with employers. They can turn down shitty offers and shitty employers. This leads to great workplace conditions for most people and high wages.
Sure but what are the specific policies that explain this specific pattern? That’s what I’d like to know. Just writing it off as capitalism bad doesn’t help, even if it’s true.
If that’s what you wanted to know, why didn’t you ask what the specifics were? All you made was an open ended statement that could be interpreted any number of ways, most of which (in modern colloquial conversation, and this particular context) are going to be viewed as a defense of what the commenter was criticizing.
If you want to have an explicit discussion, ask explicit questions, dont just assume some rando on the internet is going to know your intent.