My option is that the capitalist system creates more poor,working poor lower middle class, than middle class, upper middle class, rich, richer, and creates a lure, so people have hopes of getting rich as to hopes of going to heaven
203434
this is no answer but I agree with yours...and don't forget GREED being a cardinal sin
234255
A combination of both seems to me the best thing.  Let the market play to set prices/wages but have some control over it so you don't get a dysfunctions between what you earn and the price you pay for basic necessities.  Otherwise you fall into a feudal system where you have a 3%-5% upper class which is filthy wealthy and the rest which is poor and can be exploited.
147780
In its pure form, I don't think it will ever be successful.  Given human nature, if you get something for "free," there's no real incentive to work.  Capitalism isn't perfect, but it provides a method for those who are driven to reap some rewards.  There's the other side of the coin with providing social benefits in a limited form for those who really need it.  The problem is dividing up those who need it and those are being taking advantage of the system and being lazy.
156438
Well in a capitalist system there are many losers the US government is a money making government that has its own agenda its not about you, look how our country was developed and the principles of their wealth. A person can have a vision but the person will need labor/money to achieve that vision so now that slave labor is no longer legal they must us the next best thing paid slave labor, people forced to work for minimum wage or less like many USA born citizens migrants they have no choice at the time so they will slave for the crumbs and no one thinks anything about it because we know they are getting paid the American workers need to wake up,our children's lives are at stake, we need to curtail the migrants movement and force the push on minimum wage
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It's not only reasonable, it's necessary.  Like all good things, capitalism becomes detrimental when taken to extremes.  Specifically, a completely unfettered market inevitably tends toward a concentration of economic and political power into the hands of fewer and fewer people, until the system becomes undemocratic and oppressive.
27069
I agree. Probably because when people don't have or see a bright future for themselves they tend to blame other people or groups for their own problems. For example, "if this or that group didn't exist, it would be easier for me to get a job." Obviously, this is flawed reasoning.
378919
I would prefer having the love of your life because money is relative. There are tons of poor people who seem to more happy than people with loads of personal possessions. It seems like they found love and somehow they survive relying on the strength of each other.
416170
The rich are richer.\nThe poor and middle class are poorer.\nthere are fewer freedoms.\nthe New World order's agenda is racing ahead,
387283
Communism had no middle class and capitalists because all are treated equal.  Only the leaders are enjoying and most of the people are simply workers and laborers receiving only basic items for a living.
252415
I also think there is a direct link between prosperity and religion. I live in South America (mostly catholic) and many countries in this part of the world are struggling very hard, too much poverty and illiteracy. Same with Islamic countries. The more ignorant and dependent you remain, the poorer you will be. No offense meant. A good religion is that one that allows you freedom of thought.
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this link will be of help to u...go thru it .. u will understand...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Capitalist_theory
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In politics, class warfare has been used for centuries to attack the more successful.  For those without a lot of resources, these arguments can be appealing because some feel left out or treated unfairly.  However, if the groups that oppose capitalism had there way, economies and the societies would be much worse off.  Cuba, the Soviet Union, Canada and others states have tried alternatives to capitalism, all of which have failed, are failing, or are currently adopting a more capitalistic system.
264448
With capitalism comes greed and with greed, comes poverty.
489271
No.  People have differing priorities, and differing work ethics.  Some work very hard to become educated, and then work very hard at their jobs.  They earn their higher standard of living.  Others choose not to pursue education at all,  but work extremely hard to compensate, and still do well.  Others choose to focus on having children, whether or not they can support them.  Some don't work at all.\n\nIn the USA, lifestyle is very much about choices people make in their lives.  Not everyone has the same range of choices, but it is still very possible to go from rags to riches, or at least comfort and security, purely because one works hard.  \n\nThere are far too many people ready and willing to simply exist, and let others do all the work.  They are already an unfair burden to society; your proposal would guarantee their numbers would increase dramatically.  Additionally, with no hope of reward, the inventive, pioneering, adventurous spirit of so many Americans, encouraged by our current society, would be suppressed, and oppressed, in yours.\n\nI'm not advocating money as God, or capitalism over democracy.  Socialism does have it's place, in certain applications.  A equal-for-everyone health care system, for instance, or a flat tax for all Americans over the poverty level, no exceptions, would do much to solve some of the problems we face today.  Extending it to an entire social system is doomed to failure, however, for the very simple reason that all people are not created equal when it comes to their willingness to work.  Those who won't do not merit the rewards of those who will.
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Almost everyone "feels" or believes there is more to life than what we naturally experience.  For the underclass and those otherwise removed from mainstream society, this feeling or belief becomes their strength, and often it is shared with others the same way you and I might discuss politics or the markets.
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Most people go along with whom ever informs them; since capitalism is dependant on a mass of ignorants to rob for the benefit of one person, it is in that persons interest to apply the best marketing and 'spin' that money can buy to convince lesser minded poorer people that capitalism is the way.\n\nIn fairness it is the way if you desire a very selfish world where your aim is to impoverish friends and family for materialistic gain(cause if you don't do this, another capitalist will).\n\nMost all the capitalist that I know, are really just very mis-informed socialists that have had their feeble minds convinced that their relative poverty makes them a capitalist because they have a little money.  This protects those with serious money.\n\nI think BOTH systems are idealist, two extremes of life that need each other.  The rich should not allowed to be SOOOO rich and the poor should not be SOOOO poor.  The world should be less selfish and realise that we need each other and can work together for a common good, so that we can ALL be comfortable!\n\nFrance and England (to name but two countries) have had socialist Governments that improved the lot of ALOT of their population, we are not talking communism here (china for example), we are talking SOCIALISM!\n\nIt is interesting to note the answers above that claim capitalism a success, these people either don't leave their private islands to experience what happens in the REAL World, or have really been got at by REAL capitalists, pleeeease people, come on......wake up; you think a few thousand makes you a capitalist?  The club is a little more exclusive than that and taking advantage of YOU!
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Capitalists would probably say yes, but with an unrestrained free market and no mechanism for wealth redistribution the rich tend to get richer and the poor get poorer.  It takes money to make money.