Adam Smith didn't invent capitalism. It's not a philosophy, it was an economic system that emerged from certain material relations. Liberalism, and fascism, are just two of the ideological frameworks that can reproduce capitalism's material base and both of which emerge from the material base of capitalism.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, I see, I guess we don't have to consider what liberals think and how they view the world, because after all we possess the objective truth and their opinions don't matter.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

We don't have to consider capitalism to have some kind of doctrine Orthodoxy, as if Adam Smith was a prophet and that deviations from liberalism aren't capitalist. It's still capitalism even if it isn't what Adam Smith envisioned.

Billionaires believe in capitalism, even if they don't believe in liberalism.