I saw a video where a guy was talking about the need for post-apocalyptic fiction. He was explaining that it is needed to help push people out of their "capitalist" mindset.
Hmmm.
I’m thinking he didn’t think this through very well. For one thing, he’s probably confusing corporatism for capitalism- a common error that people with a penchant for socialism make.
Post-apocalypse, you should be even freer to sell your merchandise or take jobs in exchange for pay than you are now. Because we don't have capitalism, but corporatism. Government prevents capitalism.
You’re either doing capitalism, or you’re someone’s slave. You either assert that you own your labor or you're accepting someone else's (imaginary) higher claim to it. TEOTWAWKI won't change that.
Capitalism is more natural for normal humans than any form of socialism or slavery- although the bad guys have worked very hard, for millennia, to change that. They've put a lot of effort into building systems to destroy capitalism and replace it with something lesser. A system where they end up being the warlords. They've also spent a lot of time trying to convince people that corporatism is capitalism, and the flaws with corporatism are strikes against capitalism. That's a lie.
Still, slaves always know something isn't right, and they'll yearn to be free- until they are free, in which case some of them will want to be slaves again. As it seems video guy wants.
He's welcome to it. I prefer liberty.
Tips are nice.
