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Originally Posted by donquixote99
I used to know conservatives who would say things like "The worst enemy of capitalism is capitalists."
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And, they were right. Let them have their way and be themselves for a while and no one will like them anymore. What does anybody think the last couple waves of resentment and labor unrest were all about? As I see it, it's like this; Capitalism may, arguably, be the best economic system at it's base, but like anything else it
can be abused, taken to extremes. And the more "freedom" capitalists have to do as they please, sans any pushback, the more abuse there will be.
I don't get what is so fucking hard for some people to get about that.
"But, Dave. The market will take care of that!"
Oh, BS, it will not. Look at what we have, for crying out loud. All too often the "market" rewards bad behavior. For example, people at the top make MORE money when they outsource jobs and drive down employee compensation. That's the whole damn point. It's the ruthless bastards that end up with all the money.
Dave