Science, in turn, comes from philosophy - a pursuit that many people regard to be bullsh*t. Philosophy and intellectual pursuits have also had a very large role in conceptualizing, justifying and popularizing capitalism. — Ilya B Shambat
Check out Adam Smith and Ayn Rand. These were philosophers who conceptualized capitalism and arrived at its intellectual explanation. — Ilya B Shambat
Without them capitalism would not have survived, and we would be living under Communism. — Ilya B Shambat
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