Why doesn't everyone realize capitalism is a miserable failure?
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I don't think capitalism is the problem exactly. We could still have capitalism and provide the necessary social services for our countrymen/women if that's what we wanted.\n\nBasically, it's Protestant Work Ethic run amok. Everyone has the illusion that work makes you moral, so when someone can't find a work or is disabled, that can only be because they are a bad person and deserve what they get. Christians in the US have lost sight of the compassion they are supposed to espouse in favor of a work philosophy that lets them pat themselves on the back more easily. It's their reluctance to provide help to those they deem unworthy or immoral that has led to this predicament.\n\nReligion, not money, is the root of this evil.
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Communism looks great on paper, but it is just not practical to think that people would achieve their best in the workplace for the good of society - its kills a persons sense of individuality
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no, because the majority of people always want more than they have and the way to get more then you have is to enlist capitalism.  For example, if you are smarter than Juan and you work harder then Juan, but you both are paid the same, you will be upset and not like the system. You want to be paid for being smarter and working harder.  That's capitalism.  Unfortunately, we don't live in a pure capitalist society and it's about who your parents were, what connections you have, who is in power, all of which skew capitalism.
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History shows when you destroy the middle class the economy and state will fall as well.  This is why the roman empire fell.  There can not be black and white meaning poor and rich.  Look at the depression.
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The west rejects/condemns *anything* that isn't capitalism (though I spell it CRAPitalism) because God-forbid Americans get a clue that other forms of government are not evil *in and of themselves*...  \n\nor that they get a clue that capitalism = form of slavery.
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Well they weren't, necessarily--after all, they probably wanted to make money too.  If they were unhappy it may have been because those with the capital (employers, financiers, etc.) had ALL the power.  No minimum wage, no health & safety rules, no limits on the work day, no paid vacation, no insurance, no retirement, no child labor laws.  The deck was stacked in favor of the companies and against the workers.  Which is why unions were invented--to use the combined power of the workers to balance (not overthrow) the power of the companies, thereby allowing the workers to actually have better pay & conditions and thus become better capitalists themselves...\n\nRemember that when/if you get a job that pays you a reasonable wage with decent conditions...
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the greed of the few will always enslave the apathy of the masses. even though we are high (if not #1) on everyones shltlist, they still want the american dream & the good things (rocknroll, '57 chevyz, blue jeans, skateboarding, ect) good times....everyone wants it & we have a neverending supply for sale. but no, we insist on becoming cattle for the 5% that would herd us around for their own personal profits. we choose to bicker amongst ourselves & debate the irrelevant.
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If they are unable to recognize it, they can't very well reverse it.  Everyone could use some more education.\nExploitation occurs on so many levels.  Greed is a pretty\nugly beast, w/many people in its grasp.
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its not just Americans my friend its the same all over the so called modern world,,\npeople who have very shallow lives believe money is king and to have a fancy car that's bigger &better than the next persons is a measure of their success.\nthey should take a vacation in one of the poor countries and see what their capatilism is doing to the world,,\ni have said it often and i will keep saying it the banks and the capitalist in this world are the biggest threat to man kind,, more than any terrorist group\nuntil the small pea brained people with to much money realise how pityful they are ,we will not improve as a human race,,\ni dont object to people working hard to beter them selves(thats fair&deserved) i am really talking about the greedy B......ds that have millions and sometimes billions lying in a bank when we have woman & children dying that could be saved for less than the price of their vintage champagne, it makes me sick,would you believe that the poorest 22% of the worlds population donate 89% of the monies giving to charity,,\nthey will die one day my friends and i wish i could be there to see them meet their maker,, its one party they will not enjoy,,\npeace to all ...\nps you greedy people know who you are ,,have alook at yourself in the mirror..
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yup, life does pretty much suck nowadays, i blame it on capitalism, everyone is so obsessed with money.. blah... what can you do? take loads of drugs and join a hippie commune? actually try that, let me know how it goes
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Why is it that when everything has been going bad, something GOOD happens?\n\nBecause we are all starting from imperfection and zero experience.  And there are temptations and pitfalls that accrue from not heeding the true basic tenets handed down over the ages, just about everywhere (including different cultures and religions).\n\nLife is a struggle, we have to team up and cope with the challenges.  There will be some disappointments along the way, you cannot control what others do, only yourself, and even yourself not always...\n\nAll the most needed things are free.  As for those things that require effort or money, be satisfied with what you really need as opposed to what you want.\n\nEven when we are old we must continually remind ourselves about this.  \n\nYou see some people who are unbelievably wealthy and unbelievably UNHAPPY and may even do crimes because they WANT SO MUCH, they are never satisfied.  Also, comes from living too much for ONESELF and not enough for others, helping others, working with others, sharing with others.\n\nHappiness is doing what is right and being satisfied with it, even when the surroundings are messy, all $%^#$&^^ up.\n\nIt is possible for heaven on earth if you think about this.  Meanwhile, you can have heaven in your own little spot, for sure.  There are ups and downs for everyone, even perfect visitors.
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Maybe Socialism is better, but capitalism is more human unfortunately.\n\nsocialism is a great idea, but it has to be everywhere for it to work because if there is a capitalist nation next door then it begins dragging the socialist down.\n\nsorry I had to be practical
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My answer is how many billions does it take to live comfortably. It is greedy to be a billionaire while people suffer in the streets, the billionaires will move their plants overseas to make even more billions. You are right in saying that capitalism is greed in disguise and god has no part of it. We have a president that has cut taxes to the very rich while waging a war that is being paid for by the poor and middle class. He is no man of god that is for sure even thought that is what he run on.
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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.
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No, just look at us here in America.  Though suffering a decode of defeats the Democratic party still have a huge number of followers, all waiting for the chance to vote themselves a welfare check.\n\nLook at the poor souls in New Orleans they sat there waiting for the Government to help them before even considering helping themselves.\n\nIt is a truely pathetic side of the human race, but Socialism in every method it has ever been tried has failed, because it rewards laziness and punishes success.  Relying on the government is a one way ticket to despair.
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no i don't love capitalism, and capitalism doesn't love pensions.\npensions are very anti-capitalism, hence why they are going away.  \na business has no reason to take care of people, and governments are becoming more like businesses everyday and less about taking care of its people.  capitalism basically says, if you aren't a millionaire you must be lazy and stupid and grinds on counting and pinching each and every penny often at the expense of those who have helped it make its pennies.  people become little more than a replaceable piston or something to be thrown away like a dixie cup.
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Because we are not communists.  We enjoy being able to work hard for our earnings, and use them as we please.\n\nPaul reminded me.\n\nwhen the pilgrims first came to this land, they tried out a mini-socialist colony: everyone worked for the common good, everything was shared, everyone go equal portions.  Do you know what happened? Nothing got done.  A few lazy folks didn't pull their share, and the entire colony suffered because of it.  It wasn't until the started making small businesses to provide goods and services for a cost, that the colony took off.  the moral of the story?  If you don't give someone a reason to work, they won't work.