What makes Capitalism great? Or bad for that matter?
Thing is, capitalism works because it takes the very basic human need and want and magnifies it. So, human desire is the driving force behind it, the justification of it (e.g. we're making lots of $$ so everybodies happy, good times!)
It's bad when it makes the accumulation and the distribution of money more of a priority over quality of life for all, and turns a blind eye of indifference to those less fortunate. This is simply an aristocracy system that didn't work in the past, and now with the middle class of America being wiped out bit by bit, who knows where our out of control consumerist society will wind up down the line.
Now corporations and government has assumed power people had once enjoyed, simply because people were too drunk with internet and consumerist society to actually care and fight. Now, if you protest the politicians and people in power yawn and laugh.
It's bad when it makes the accumulation and the distribution of money more of a priority over quality of life for all, and turns a blind eye of indifference to those less fortunate. This is simply an aristocracy system that didn't work in the past, and now with the middle class of America being wiped out bit by bit, who knows where our out of control consumerist society will wind up down the line.
Now corporations and government has assumed power people had once enjoyed, simply because people were too drunk with internet and consumerist society to actually care and fight. Now, if you protest the politicians and people in power yawn and laugh.
farhanmalik said:No matter where you start in life, everyone has an opportunity to make it big. The basic principle is that the harder you work, the greater your reward
Sadly, the system often doesn't work like that. Who your parents are and your childhood background have a massive effect on your chances of success in life.
Sadly, the system often doesn't work like that. Who your parents are and your childhood background have a massive effect on your chances of success in life.
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I don't think any of the -isms are ideal for society. clearly they all have their set-backs. societies should make their own framework for living. think it out and work something fair and acceptable. not nanny nor iron fist. Africa probably has/had the most capital in the world. its a perfect example of how rotten it is. you know there's a lot more capital when American troops are creeping around the continent :}
working hard is no guarantee for a good life. in most cases there needs to be some knifes in people's backs and large shits taken on many people. that's how you really succeed. sure. people work their arses of 40 50 60 hours a week to keep the banks from taking their house back. in some cases that's not enough
people literally cannot afford to catch a cold..
there's people with the house and two cars, two holidays a year all that jazz. look successful, feel successful. reality is they're somewhere between two scratches below the first rung on the ladder
working hard is no guarantee for a good life. in most cases there needs to be some knifes in people's backs and large shits taken on many people. that's how you really succeed. sure. people work their arses of 40 50 60 hours a week to keep the banks from taking their house back. in some cases that's not enough
people literally cannot afford to catch a cold..
there's people with the house and two cars, two holidays a year all that jazz. look successful, feel successful. reality is they're somewhere between two scratches below the first rung on the ladder
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Wealth disparity is grown by the Government. The welfare State creates a permanently dependant underclass, whilst minimum wage laws keep the unskilled out of work and thus out of opportunities, leading more into welfare underclass. At the same time, the Government monopoly on money through central banking, allows constant inflation (quantitative easing), slowly draining the value of people's labour. All the while, this nanny State is propped up on the unsustainable premise of debt, turning the each generation of tax payers into retroactive slaves (birth certification being a legal document of collateral).
On the other end of the spectrum, Government intervention creates a platform to route the foundations of mega-monopolies into protected "too big to fail" corporations, where the CEO's are legally removed from any accountability. The State essentially becomes a vessel of private interests for the highest bidder.
On the other end of the spectrum, Government intervention creates a platform to route the foundations of mega-monopolies into protected "too big to fail" corporations, where the CEO's are legally removed from any accountability. The State essentially becomes a vessel of private interests for the highest bidder.
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I'm admittedly clueless about the sort of things being discussed here, but your statement about "matriarchal societies" seems strange to me. What do you mean when you use that term/can you please give some examples of obliterated matriarchal societies?
& I do not consider the argument that matriarchal societies do not currently exist therefore they must have been obliterated as feasible..they may never have existed.
I'm admittedly clueless about the sort of things being discussed here, but your statement about "matriarchal societies" seems strange to me. What do you mean when you use that term/can you please give some examples of obliterated matriarchal societies?
& I do not consider the argument that matriarchal societies do not currently exist therefore they must have been obliterated as feasible..they may never have existed.
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