> According to Marxism it could be state-lead
If you're using a nonstandard Marxist definition of capitalism, then you should point that out because that is not the definition that people typically use. You know full on well that you're calling them capitalist to make capitalism sound worse and communism better.
This reminds me of another Marxist motte and bailey where when you call out their use of "exploit" they retreat and claim that "exploit" is a neutral word, knowing full well they used that word to illicit negative emotions.
Also, no. The Soviet Union never considered themselves state capitalists. That was a label that certain leftist critics used.
> Go grind your axe somewhere else. The topic is climate change.
Says the person who brought up their personal economic grievances to this discussion in the first place. I'm not making an attack on communism. I used it as an example of how economic system has zero correlation to climate change.
> Have you heard of the phrase “e.g.“?
Yes. Have you heard of giving a counterexample to an example?
> And also, not really. I could be an anarcho-primitivist who claims that industrial society has made such opt-in lifestyles impossible. For one, someone who happened to be born into industrial society might not have the skills to live in the wilds since they weren't embedded in that kind of environment from birth. Second of all, maybe industrial society has already forced former hunter-gatherers into society as wage workers and whatnot. Then what chance does an “Internet Contrarian” stand?
That's why I said "minimal assistance." The important part is making a good faith attempt to imagine how you would fare in such a lifestyle. If you were to do so, I'd expect that you at least be as committed as the Youtube channel Primitive Technology in learning this primitive skills. If you don't make such an attempt, I'll think that you're an contrarian.
> Third of all: the goal for someone of that ideological bent might not be to convince some Internet Contrarian of some opposite persuasion. In fact, it is mind-boggling how arrogant it is to claim that such a person would first have to prove something to you
A contrarian also isn't just "thing you don't like." I believe in mixed market capitalism, and my actions are consistent with that of a mixed market capitalist. If you attack my brand of mixed market capitalism, I'll give you a defense of such beliefs. I won't make up a hypothetical of something that I may or may not believe in and defend that instead.