"capitalism is a threat" quote mmarsh
Been working well for over 200 years, built the largest economy the world has ever seen.
Capitalism is a threat? Spoken like a true socialist.:lol:
The US still chooses capitalism for it's economic base. It may not be perfect, but it beats the hell out of whatever is in second place.
HA! Just how blind are you? Please preach the virtues of capitalism to the thousands who lost there job, home, livelihood the last few years due to the predatory nature of capitalism while Wall Street had one of the most profitable years ever this year. Yeah, capitalism been working real well...for a very small few, but in case you've been asleep the past 5 years its not been so good for the rest of us.
Not everyone has a trust fund or a 6-figure salary. Since the early 1980s Pure Capitalists such as yourself either still haven't realized this or have become so selfish they simply don't give a sh*t about anyone else. But by all means, convince the next GOP/conservative candidate in 2012 to run on the successes of 21 Century Capitalism. See how many votes you get outside of lower Manhattan, I absolutely promise you that the Democrats will love you for it.
The fact is
pure capitalism is
AS BAD as
pure socialism, but since we don't have socialism in the USA thats why it wasn't on the previous list. Why is it bad? Because it promotes greed, selfishness and the desire of the powerful few to exploit the weaker many. Does this sound familiar? it should if you have been reading the newspaper. In my view, only a system that combines elements of both socialism and capitalism will work. Falling too far to either extreme is a recipe for disaster.
Only a blind sheep or someone profiting from the status quo would actually try and rationalize a bad economic system merely by its 200 year history, regardless of how bad the situation has become. And if echoing the obvious ills of capitalism makes me a socialist than so be. I'd rather be a "evil" socialist, than a blind old fool too stupid and ignorant to see hes getting screwed or someone so selfish they can only see as far as their own nose.
BTW other selfish societies like Louis XVI France and Czarist Russia both came to a very sticky end. You push a people too far, make them too desperate, and the almost certain backlash will hit you harder than a Tsunami.