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Does Socialism equal Destructionism?

Destructionism, refers to policies that consume capital but do not accumulate it. It is the title of Part V of the seminal work Socialism. Since accumulation of capital is the basis for economic progress (as the capital stock of society increases, the productivity of labor rises, as well as wages and standards of living), Von Mises warned that pursuing socialist and etatist policies will eventually lead to the consumption and reliance on old capital, borrowed capital, or printed "capital" as these policies cannot create any new capital, instead only consuming the old
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helenS · 36-40, F
Since accumulation of capital is the basis for economic progress
Capital has almost never been the basis of economic progress. Or does Mr Mises really think technical progress in ancient Egypt, Greece, the Roman republic (leading, in each case, to astounding inventions and a corresponding increase of productivity) was a result of free entrepreneurship?? 😏

Mises and the like simply confuse the evolution of forces of production with private ownership of these forces.