The way Americans use the word socialism is very confusing. It's just a single word lacking details. Sometimes it's just pure ignorance.<p>>Capitalism is an ideology that is far more encompassing than it admits, and one that turns every relationship into a calculable exchange. Bodies, time, energy, creativity, love — all become commodities to be priced and sold. Alienation reigns. There is no room for sustained contemplation and little interest in public morality; everything collapses down to the level of the atomized individual.<p>What she is describing is markets, not capitalism. Markets and socialism are orthogonal concepts. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism</a><p>The opposite of markets, price mechanism and incentives is turning everything into politics. Every relationship becomes politics. Bodies, time, energy, creativity, love — all become politics and power struggle. Political connectedness reigns. There is no room for sustained contemplation and little interest in public morality; everything collapses down to the level of special interests.