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title = Trent Horn, Capitalism, and Socialism
description = I'm overall a big fan of Horn and his work, particularly in Christian and Pro-Life Apologetics, but I find that when it comes to the questions of Capitalism and Socialism he requires more robust definitions so as to avoid errors and strawman arguments.
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@ -44,12 +44,24 @@ video Mr. Horn starts by recognizing that Capitalism is a term coined by
Socialists, and most notably influenced by Karl Marx, and goes on to equivocate
Capitalism with Free Markets, saying that this is what he defends. The issue is
that this definition is actually much too broad, and therefore would actually
end up encompassing forms of Socialism that we have mentioned earlier! What's
end up encompassing forms of Socialism that we have mentioned earlier. What's
more, if this is your definition of Capitalism, then truly Capitalism has
existed since the very beginnings of human trade & commerce. Yet, if Mr.
Horn acknowledges that the term is of Socialist origin, would it not make sense
to use its Socialist meaning, especially when trying to explain it in relation
to Socialism?</p>
to Socialism? For Marx, we could say that Capitalism is a socio-economic system
which tends towards the accumulation of capital (i.e. means of production),
concentrated in the hands of a class of Capitalists, while the rest
(Proletarians) are forced to sell their labour. Taking this into consideration,
we can see that this does not include Market Socialism, and at the same time it
also means that there are possible free market economies which are neither
Socialist nor Capitalist (e.g. Feudalism, Distributism, etc.).</p>
<p>Taking this into consideration, I believe that Mr. Horn should reconsider the
definitions he's using. For in using a very restrictive definition of Socialism,
he leaves out models of Socialism, and in using a broad definition of
Capitalism, he includes forms of Socialism as well as other economic systems
which are not strictly Capitalist. Overall, his definitions cause confusion.</p>
<h3>Notes</h3>
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