Bhu Srinivasan: Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system
بهو سرينيفاسان: الرأسمالية ليست أيديولوجية، بل نظام تشغيل
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هي سلسلة من الأسواق.
is a series of marketplaces.
that transport lemons,
to build lemonade stands.
بيع الليموناضة.
that this is because capitalism,
إلى كون الرأسمالية،
is largely misunderstood.
يساء فهمها إلى حد كبير.
be thought of as an ideology,
as an operating system.
as the physical reality all around you,
على أنها الواقع الفيزيائي المحيط بك،
as entrepreneurial activity,
الأنشطة التجارية المبادرة،
you have an operating system.
الأجزاء الصلبة،
it needs to be updated,
وأن يتم تحديثه،
have to happen symbiotically.
على نحو متداخل ومتزامن.
to keep getting more and more advanced
as an operating system,
defenders of capitalism think.
للرأسمالية.
even got to the First Amendment --
إلى التعديل الأول
free religion, free press,
وحرية الصحافة،
براءات الاختراع وحق النشر.
in promoting arts and sciences.
في تعزيز الفنون والعلوم.
a search engine tomorrow called Goggle.
غدًا محرك بحث يسمى غاغل.
because there could be some confusion.
لأن هذا قد يخلق التباسًا.
have ambiguity built into them.
يكمن الغموض في تفاصيلها.
of property that come into being.
ظهرت أنواع أخرى من الملكية.
you owned 100 acres of land
تملك 100 فدان من الأرض
where your fence ends,
of a few hot-air balloons,
الهواء الساخن الحديث وقتها،
it was very much relevant
at 1,000 feet in the sky,
someone arbitrate that.
إلى جارك عبر منزلك
over your house to your neighbor
Does you property end at five feet,
هل تنتهي ملكيتك عند 5 أقدام،
where your property ends.
figured out flight,
الأخوين رايت للطيران،
والمزيد من السيارات.
more and more cars.
the operating system --
للتطرق إلى سلامة المستهلكين.
address the safety of consumers.
were presenting danger to horses,
what have you.
had to have driver's licenses, eye exams,
على رخصة قيادة، وفحص الأعين،
could coexist with cars.
التعايش مع السيارات.
advances from the past.
التحديثات القائمة من الماضي.
بعد خمس أو عشر سنوات من الآن،
with self-driving cars --
هو أنه وفي غضون 10 سنوات،
is in 10 years,
beyond drones and self-driving cars,
والسيارات ذاتية القيادة،
the most valuable economy in the world --
run by communists.
very good at capitalism.
fundamental problems
for the United States.
such as free speech, free press,
كحرية التعبير وحرية الصحافة
this equation is going to be decoupled.
the multitude of voices,
any pretense of limited government
بأن لحكومتها صلاحيات مقيدة
a regulatory framework for drones,
للطائرات ذاتية القيادة،
والسيارات ذاتية القيادة،
Western societies.
التفوق على المجتمعات الغربية.
in the American experience.
to think of American capitalism
التفكير في الرأسمالية الأمريكية
and not as an ideology.
as an ideology,
make for very, very bad policy.
ينتج سياسات سيئة للغاية.
والأفكار الديمقراطية
that capitalism poses and modernity poses.
التي تفرضها الرأسمالية والحداثة.
can ultimately become good politics.
لسياسة المصلحة العامة تحسين السياسة.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bhu Srinivasan - WriterBhu Srinivasan writes about economics, history and statecraft.
Why you should listen
Bhu Srinivasan's first book, AMERICANA: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism, explores the intersections of democracy and capitalism. The Economist selected it as one of its Best Books of 2017. A venture-backed entrepreneur from his early 20s, Srinivasan has built media properties in publishing, gaming, financial content, and technology ranging from video games to municipal bonds. He is currently working on adapting his book to television, identifying the next big things, and outlining his next book.
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