What are your thoughts on liberal anti-capitalism and reclaiming liberalism for the radical left?

Liberal anti-capitalists typically show that capitalism is illiberal through demonstrating how it violates liberal principles. An example would be David Ellerman in:

https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Article-from-ReclaimingLiberalismEbook.pdf

He argues that capitalist employment violates liberal principles of justice such as the norm that legal and de facto responsibility should match implying a theory of inalienable rights

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  • intensely_human
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    3 months ago

    Anti-capitalism is anti-liberal because capitalism is defined by free markets.

    It takes anti-liberal policies to prevent people from choosing to get a job working for wages. It’s an economic arrangement that people choose willingly, so you have to violate free choice in order to stop it from happening.

    • J Lou@mastodon.socialOP
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      3 months ago

      Capitalist free markets and liberalism broadly abolishes many mutually voluntary contracts such as coverture marriage contracts, self-sale contracts and non-democratic constitutions on grounds of inalienable rights. Inalienable means can’t be given up even with consent. Employment violates the liberal norm that legal and de facto responsibility should match. Consent can’t transfer workers’ joint de facto responsibility for production to solely the employer.

      Did you read the articles I linked?