He didn't say capitalism is perfect, he said shoppers are getting a taste of what it's like in a socialist country, this is a throw back to the USSR and its empty supermarkets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8LtQhIQ2AE

And the President of the USSR's visit to an ordinary shop in America:

When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people. That such a potentially super-rich country as ours has been brought to a state of such poverty! It is terrible to think of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_visit_by_Boris_Yeltsin_to_the_United_States#Grocery_store_visit_in_Houston

So Roberts is saying our country will have empty supermarket shelves all the time if we go full socialist/communist, therefore capitalism > socialism/communism, which is not at all a deep a point, it's literally surface tier and yet you guys somehow still messed it up

Thanks again for making me defend professional fuckwit Malcolm Roberts 😡

[–] NuanceDemon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

Whats being mocked here is the same conclusion you're reaching though, “socialism is when empty shelves.”

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 1 minute ago

Then I guess it's done in a bad way, saying socialism/communism sucks does not imply capitalism is perfect

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 16 minutes ago

It does sound suspiciously like "stop complaining, it could be worse", though.

(I have no horse in this race, am from the other end of the planet, drive-by posting)