Their system challenged the reactionary feudal order and the call for ‘Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité’ could be issued proudly. The writer doggedly insists that ‘A better world is always possible, and capitalism provides the framework for the wealth and innovation that will make that better world a reality.’Īt a time when capitalism’s track record was less of an embarrassment, its advocates could afford to be bolder than the National Post. Here in Canada, the right wing National Post is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the demise of the Soviet Union with a series that it bitingly calls ‘The Capitalist Manifesto.’ One of these articles bemoans the lack of zeal with which supporters of the system speak out in its defence and tries to rally a more enthusiastic cheering section. No less a figure than Milton Friedman entitled his book devoted to this proposition Capitalism and Freedom. As he put it rather grandly, ‘History suggests only that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom (p.10).’ The notion that capitalism offers the greatest level of freedom possible, has a long history and is unsurprisingly promoted to this day. John Clarke dismantles the myths around ‘freedom’ in capitalist society and traces the role of state violence in upholding a system based on exploitation
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