The only contradictions capitalism introduces to the world is progressivism and liberalism ie heterodoxy vs old world altruism, collectivism and statism ie orthodoxy. The fact that the old guard wants to maintain its hold on predictability and power and not release it to the unpredictability of liberty, human sovereignty, and meritocracy is just a fact of human nature, not the effect of capitalism. People hate change and capitalism IS dynamic change. Conflating colonialism with capitalism is also an error. European colonialism was an effect of mercantilist state protectionism. The fact that that old world economic pov survived the rise of capitalism and continued as a culture and political force shouldn’t be surprising. People hate change. No one hates change more than establishments. Mercantilism is alive and well in America. Just look at Trump protectionism and his distain for foreigners. Thats not capitalism. And capitalists don’t start wars.. statists do. World war one was started by bismarckian socialists. It was resisted by most industrialists in America. World War Two was started by nationalist socialists, And was resisted by American businessmen who were forced by a socialist sympathizing president to retool their industries for war. The wars in Korea and Vietnam were started by communist/ nationalist movements that initiated violence against free states. The anti colonialist movements in Africa were also mirrored by growing distaste for old world economics in the colonialist states themselves. The paradox between the stated political ends of liberty and free markets and mercantilist ends were precisely the contradiction communists took advantage of and, deliberately sloppy epistemologists that they are, conflated with capitalism to gain power. It is communism that is the imperialist movement and precisely what prompted American movement abroad… including the ME where the Soviet industrial complex was moving to destabilize the region. You. Are. The. Enemy. Embrace liberty. Throw off slavery.
Mark Pellegrino
