Baxter Long
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

John,

Your post is an excellent account of the comparative successes and failures of capitalism in relation to its socialist counterparts.

However, the main contention of Holly’s article was not that socialism is better than capitalism, but rather that capitalism is “Shitbag Science”. In fact, I’m not sure she ever mentioned socialism at all.

While her article fails to offer a viable alternative to capitalism, it does raise valid points regarding the short comings of capitalism’s current iteration that cannot be explained away by simply redrawing the battlegrounds of cold war ideology.

I did find your FAQ to be very comprehensive and enlightening all the same.