most who argue for capitalism only think about themselves at the expense of everybody and everything else.
Capitalism is always “lets make differences in material conditions by promulgating that only those with money are considered successful” and then stealing from that differential. It’s quite obvious how terms like “inefficiencies in the market” can mean something quite different to a CEO and to someone who is born into poverty, or worse the wrong skin colour or ethnicity.
The people who hate socialism only see freeloaders who take the fruits of their hardwork. Those who actually have empathy can understand that their success also depends on a functioning and prosperous society where parents had ample support to raise children who would grow up with a nurturing environment.
A capitalist only thinks in terms of pure profit terms. He/she would discard old people who used to work hard for the survival and benefit of society as a whole as “spent fuel”.
An oft made argument is that Capitalism is the best system so far. That just sounds like Feudalism with a recurrent reminder of monarchy and autocracy.
You don’t use the excuse that “Every system has profit motive” to follow up with “I will choose the system that rewards that behavior”. An empathetic system of reasoning would allow socialist policies while keeping free markets alive. Such a system is proven to work in countries like Denmark, Netherlands, etc.
most who argue for capitalism only think about themselves at the expense of everybody and everything else.
Capitalism is always “lets make differences in material conditions by promulgating that only those with money are considered successful” and then stealing from that differential. It’s quite obvious how terms like “inefficiencies in the market” can mean something quite different to a CEO and to someone who is born into poverty, or worse the wrong skin colour or ethnicity.
The people who hate socialism only see freeloaders who take the fruits of their hardwork. Those who actually have empathy can understand that their success also depends on a functioning and prosperous society where parents had ample support to raise children who would grow up with a nurturing environment.
A capitalist only thinks in terms of pure profit terms. He/she would discard old people who used to work hard for the survival and benefit of society as a whole as “spent fuel”.
An oft made argument is that Capitalism is the best system so far. That just sounds like Feudalism with a recurrent reminder of monarchy and autocracy.
You don’t use the excuse that “Every system has profit motive” to follow up with “I will choose the system that rewards that behavior”. An empathetic system of reasoning would allow socialist policies while keeping free markets alive. Such a system is proven to work in countries like Denmark, Netherlands, etc.
At least one of us is thinking.
And we measure that by how much thought is put into a reply.