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Can niche market capitalism protect minorities?
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Can niche market capitalism protect minorities?

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Carl Beijer
Aug 12, 2018
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Reading through Connor Friedersdorf’s latest attack on socialism, I’m struck by how much of his argument depends on the magic of niche markets. Democracy, he argues, can’t “render reliably just judgments about how an entire society should produce and consume” – especially when it comes to providing for the needs and rights of minorities. But capitalism …

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