Why do we still keep up capitalism if that only we get through it is a miserable life?

Question

Just profoundly think in answers that help us all to build up a better life altogether. "¡Let´s be realistics, ask for the impossible thing!" Che said.

Answer 1

"So you think that money is the root of all evil, have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange which can not exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is not the product of moochers that claim your product by tears, or of the looters who take it from you by force, money is made possible only by the men that produce, is this what you consider evil, when you accept money in payment for your effort you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange if for the product of the effort of others. To trade by the means of money is the code of the men of good will. .money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort but money is only a tool, it will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires but it will not provide you with desires. Money will not purchase happiness for the man that has no concept of what he wants; money will not give him a code of values. The man who attempts to purchase the brains of his superiors to serve him ends up by becoming the victim of his inferiors. Let me give you a tip a clue to means characters, the man who damns money has attained it dishonorably, the man who respects it has earned it. Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil, that sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another their only substitute if they abandon money is the muzzle of a gun. Do you wish to know whether another that day is coming, watch money, money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. when you see that trading is done not by consent but by compulsion, when you see in order to produce you need to obtain permission from men that produce nothing, when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods but in favors, when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull then by work, when you see corruption and being rewarded and honesty becoming a self sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed. when you have made evil the means of survival do not expect men to remain good, do not expect them to stay moral and loose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral, do not expect them to produce when production is punished and looting is rewarded do not ask who is destroying the world, you are. If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans I would choose the fact that they were the people who created the phrase "to make money" no other language or nation had used these words before. Men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words to make money hold the essence of human morality, yet now the looters credo has brought you to regard your proudest achievement as a hallmark of shame, your prosperity as guilt. Your greatest men the industrialists as braggarts and your magnificent factories as the products and property of muscular labor, the labor of whip driven slaves, the draughter???? Who simpers when he sees no difference between the power of the dollar and the power of the whip ought to learn the difference on his own hide. Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one and other then men become the tools of men. Blood whips and guns or dollars take your choice, there is no other and your time is running out."

Ayn Rand

Answer 2

I don't think you are destined to have a miserable life if you are a capitalist, rich or poor. It has been shown that unhappy people that win the lottery, after a brief period of euphoria, revert to being about as happy as they were before the big win.

The biggest problem with capitalism is that there are a very few big winners, some moderate ones, and a bunch of folks at the bottom of the ladder that aren't necessarily doing too well. Do people need to have a Billion dollars? Probably not, and the more responsible of the billionaires are starting to see that giving their money away in a responsible fashion is the right thing to do.

Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst possible form of government, it just happens to be better than all the rest. I feel the same way about capitalism. The richest person I know is the most miserable, because he devotes virtually all of his time to maintaining all of the toys he has accumulated. If he could develop a mindset where he could use his wealth to bring some dignity into the lives of others far less fortunate than he, he may be able to turn some of that misery around.

Capitalism does not equal misery, it can just distort our notion of what is right. People know without being told that if they are flying jets around while people are begging in front of their houses (including the White House) they are either morally backrupt or have lost their moral direction. When we start spending more on education and health than we spend on bullets and bombs, things may have a chance of turning around. Right now it is just sanctioned by the elite that this is the way to live.

Answer 3

There are clearly different kinds of people in the world. Some of them are very aggressive and work very hard and hopefully find the lifestyle they want. Oftentimes they find that being wealthy isn’t all limousines and champagne. Others seem to just go along and take what life has to give them. Having no plan for their lives, they usually find themselves at the bottom of the food chain. However, is it fair that those who enjoy working and getting some place financially should support those who don't want to work?
As someone else pointed out, we are allowed to pursue happiness; it doesn’t mean we achieve it nor have it given to us
On the other hand, capitalism has many flaws; one of the biggest flaws being demonstrated in the United States today is forced slavery. Forced slavery is the labor we receive from those who come over the Mexican border. Employers argue that things would be more expensive if they were treated to things like minimum wages and the like, but it's a bad argument. The worst part about it is that both political parties support the slavery. The Republicans want the cheap labor and the Democrats want the cheap votes they can get when they start handing out entitlement programs. To see how well those work, just check the statistics about how many displaced people from Katrina refuse to work and are still on the government dole. It's pathetic.
Capitalism survives because someone loses and someone wins. You probably don't realize it, but in the mid to late 1920's, it was often said that capitalism would make poverty a thing of the past. The average man on the street had fabulous amounts of wealth on paper. The story is not as simple as we often understand but it is similar to the junk bond fiasco of the 1980's. Now let's look at the alternative. The revolution in Cuba didn't exactly make most people happier or better off financially. Sure it gave some people more wealth than they had before, but it essentially did away with the upper and middle class. Fortunately they were an industrious people and when they came to Miami they worked hard. People who began by sweeping up in a construction company ended up owning it a few years later.
Unfortunately, after a generation or two of applying oneself, the affluence of Americanism sets in: some people believe they are entitled to something just because of who they are. Barring people who cannot work, through sickness or infirmity, I don't buy that argument. I do, however, find as much inherent value in English literature or art as I do engineering or medicine. Our marketplace does not, unfortunately. That may signify a decline in our civilization, but I doubt there is much to do about it. The revolution may come, but not as quickly as Marx predicted. Hence, to get around that I suggest the following: find something that will pay you well, learn how to do it and get a job. The alternative is either a government check or standing at the counter in a convenience store.
Economies all over the world are having a difficult time, the United Nations Security Council has been purchased and the wars of the last hundred years haven't done lots of lasting good. Where does that leave us? In a relatively free nation, we can stand up for our freedoms, take responsibility for our futures, pray to God and do the best we can. After that, maybe we can help someone else who wasn't born, through no fault of his or her own, in a place where he or she could do at least that much.

Answer 4

Capitalism is maintained by the corporate state. In countless nations around the world, social progress has been stymied by multinational corporations and the nations that serve them. The people are kept distracted and manipulated by the anger and fear generated by multi-media disinformation; thus they are inadequately informed to consider alternatives. The people are given the illusion of particpation every election season, even though their votes will largely be cast based upon a consensus manufactured by soundbites and spin. Asking why we keep up capitalism is like asking the people asleep in the pods why they sustain "The Matrix."

Given the scope of the environmental crisis that is, even now, dawning across this planet, it is highly improbable that a better life, by any definition, can be created for humanity.

Answer 5

To misquote Churchill, the only thing worse than capitalism is everything else.

There are very few unfettered capitalistic societies in the world, actually. Most "capitalist" countries have legal limitations that prevent monopolistic practices, and ensure that there is a social safety net for the poor.

Even if not everyone in the first world is wealthy, it still bears keeping in mind that the majority of extremely poor people live in non-capitalist (or partially capitalistic), non-democratic countries.

Answer 6

I am a leftist too. A socialist. But I must say that capitalism is foolproof. Everyone has their eyes on the prize. Toys. Material goods. Anytime you have extremely poor people in dire situations that are programmed to buy Air Jordans or rims or bling before food (and they actually buy them before food), you know capitalism is winning. How can you beat that type of system? The rich hold prizes in front of their face and lie to them by saying that the American Dream really does exist for them. And that way the status quo is maintained and capitalism continues to dominate. Apparently greed is the most common sin. And it is the fuel of capitalism.

Answer 7

Greed is the key problem in misery.

Greed exists, therefore captialism and even communism in its current form will exist.

The problem with capitalism is that people are sometimes left out, and yeah, some people are paid way more than they should, and others way less.

Communism just transfers the power to someone else, but there are still the same problems as before. There is also no incentive to work.

Hate to quote Rousseau, but "men are free, but everywhere in bondage."

Answer 8

Because the people who benefit from capitalism rule the world.

Answer 9

power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. the capitalist system gives a sort of voting power to the masses as long as it is within a democratic society.

Answer 10

which capitalism are you talking abt?
there s nothing but social communism around...despite what they call themselves