capitalism

Why Communism is Wrong. I have written this primarily for students that are going through or just gone through the education system. The promotion of communism without a balanced counter argument does society no favours or service. A rational and balanced opinion about any subject can only be...

Socialism has long been the boogeyman of the Right. However, many have argued that all of the "Capitalist" Countries throughout history have all required a considerable amount of Socialist systems to be functional. Including very notably regulations, roads, schools, and police. The question...

There seems to be a truism that abolishing captialism will lead to be end of racism. But if we had a system of worker co-ops or were property is communally owned, can't white people still oppress (inadvertently or not) black people by being the majority?

Now that new, improved Socialism 2.0 is here thanks to Bernie Sanders and AOC, can the updated communism be far behind? No, thanks to the New York Times' opinion page. In a way, it seems a throwback to only 2-3 years ago. Remember when everybody's job was going to be lost due to automation...

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-corporate-monopolies-fuel-wage-stagnation-inequality-and-populism-2019-05-06 I have read argumetns about the US no longer being a proper market economy here before but not seen a thread about it. So... Problem? No problem? Solutions? Despair?

There seems to be a common belief among many Americans that capitalism is the American way, and socialism is the enemy of the American way. But in reality, America's economic system always has been based on a combination of capitalism and socialism. Nothing in the U.S. Constitution says we...

I'm not very interested in sports myself, but come on! This is ridiculous! So sports is a great capitalist conspiracy to keep people distracted from politics and make them jingoistic. One wonders what kind of entertainment there will be in Chomsky's ideal society. Will we all sit and discuss...

Hello, everybody! I've been studying a lot of political philosophy and have combined several elements of various philosophies into one which I think is both reasonable and practical. I'd love to hear constructive criticism, so without further ado: When asked to describe Objectivism whilst...

This thread is a branch from this one: Why Do Conservatives Hate Obama? Rather than further derail the original topic, I decided to post this as a new thread: Actually, prices did rise universally across the country, in a sense. They rose in every state, and the average rose. (If this...

OK, it's easy to bash capitalism, communism, libertarianism, etc; and it's easy to talk about lofty theoretical ideas about economic systems. But which actual working system do you like best? In this thread, name your favorite real world (historic or present day) economic system--one that is...

According to Mitt Romney he exemplifies free enterprise while Obama wants to wage a war on it. :rolleyes: Um....what? Has Obama ever hinted that he hates free enterprise? I seem to recall he bailed out the financial sector. Bailed out a major auto manufacturer. Decided to privatize space...

This thread is a result of the following video. When Mitt Romney Came To Town BLWnB9FGmWE First let me say that the piece is obviously biased propaganda. It only highlights the negatives of Bain Capital's investments and involvement with various businesses. While it shows that jobs are lost...

So we have a couple of trains of thought going around these days. One is to screw the rich (which I'm part of), and the other is to screw the poor, which laissez-free capitalists appear to be in favor of. Don't believe me? OK. So let's started on the tough medicine. It means people cannot...

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/distractions.jpg I was reading this news story about a leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya that had exploded. Because it was around a slum area poor people were trying to recover some of the spilled gasoline for themselves, but ended up...

Everyone says how bad life was in Soviet Union, and when their system failed and was replaced with capitalism, everything has been assumed to be better. But are things really better now? When you read about modern day Russia you see a lot of suffering in daily lives of Russians. It doesn't...

I know a few Communists and Socialists. They spend endless amounts of energy complaining and whining about Capitalism, the rich, socio-economic disparities, ect. etc. And yet..they seem to spend very LITTLE time gaining new skills, improving their lives, going back to school, taking courses...

Do you hate unions, what have you got against police and fire officers? Happy Labor Day!

Politicians are always falling all over themselves to try and appeal to small business. They constantly try to posture themselves as their savior. Why? I hate small businesses! First off, they are never frigging open! We have a tile store. It seems like every time I go there it's closed...

Interesting poll results. I did a search and it doesn't seem this has been discussed here yet. “Socialism” is a negative for most Americans, but certainly not all Americans. “Capitalism” is regarded positively by a majority of the public, though it is a thin majority. There are certain segments...

Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. writes about capitalism and regulation in the Wall Street Journal I'm not an economist, so this makes no sense to me. Is O'Driscoll saying we should just allow the corporations that have been lying to start telling the truth and that we will achieve this through...

Is there a party that believes small government, and a free market is the best possible way to achieve economic freedom and growth, and yet also believes that people should be allowed to do their own thing socially/religiously etc...?

I heard part of this interview on NPR today (second link--"what is capitalism"). It's an interview with Bruce R. Scott, a Harvard Business School prof who just published a book called "The Concept of Capitalism." He made some interesting points, and I'd be curious to hear feedback from other...

This has been pointed out by several blogs, but it's very revealing. The NY Times had Adam Kirsch, a writer for the center-left political mag the New Republic, review Ayn Rand and the World She Made. That Kirsch is not familiar with Rand's work or her philosophy is apparent in this passage...

Just saw a link to this website and i thought it was an intresting read, essentially its a website that criticizes modern Capitalism but, suprise suprise not written by Communists but national-socialists. The website is called Antikap.nu , and while its in Swedish i think Google-translate does...

Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday. "Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil," the two-hour movie concludes. "You have to...

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I always hear how market liberalization (free markets, capitalism) is improving the developing world, and then I hear people saying how its hurting the developing world. Which is true? What information can I use to determine if a countries living standards are improving? Where can I find it...

I've long believed that capitalism and representative democracy are where the world is ultimately headed. Communism is pretty much dead, and countries have flocked to the democracy/capitalism model over the last twenty years. But there is a significant and disturbing exception to this trend...

I've been thinking about capitalism a bit lately. It seems to me that initially it would have benefits. There would be competition, which would lead to better quality products, lower prices, and improved service. In order to get more customers a company would try to find ways to give better...

From a Washington Post review of The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein: