Is capitalism working?

@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Robbery is evil,
regardless of whether it is perpetrated by a government.

or by the rich exploiting the common man.

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@izzythepush,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Robbery is evil,
regardless of whether it is perpetrated by a government.

izzythepush wrote:

or by the rich exploiting the common man.

Maybe; that depends on what thay actually do,
whether it is VOLITIONAL or not.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Exploitation is just that, just because people don't have a choice doesn't mean they're not being exploited

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

Exploitation is just that,
just because people don't have a choice doesn't mean they're not being exploited

That is not morally bad. It is only natural.
If some men approach an industrialist, applying for work,
both sides will (and logically shud) negotiate the best terms that "the traffic will bear."

If that be "Exploitation", let us make the most of it.
(parafrasing Patrick Henry, qua "treason")

Turn it around. Suppose that an athlete has such extraordinary talent
as to be able to extract many millions of dollars from his employer.
He is justified in getting what the traffic will bear.

What counts is that both sides have agreed to the deal.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

If some men approach an industrialist, applying for work,
both sides will (and logically shud) negotiate the best terms that "the traffic will bear."

Sounds like you support the Trade Union movement.

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How taking the leash off capitalism brought America to its knees

http://www.examiner.com/article/how-taking-the-leash-off-capitalism-brought-america-to-its-knees

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@33export,

33export wrote:

Capitalism works everywhere; even in Red China.
Best moves China ever made was to annex Hong Kong with its Hang Seng exchange and flood U.S. markets with Made In China merchandise.

China don 't need to annex. It was part of China to begin with.

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An Amazing Speech From One Of The Last Good Men In Politics

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I am not a capitalist...

I am not a socialist...

I am an environmentalist...

The earth is bleeding from corporate greed and resource gathering such that indigenous life, rivers and forests carry no importance to them, only profit.

Society litters their trash with sociopath consumer fanaticism to such a degree that the oceans are clogged with the unthinkable reminder of their negligence. Cigarette butts and people who can't be bothered with recycling...

While the environment has given of itself nearly to the point of collapse...

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