does it take a free mind to realize that capitalism ≠ a *United* States?

Question

aside from the fact that capitalism is a flawed economic system due to the "doughnut" effect. Keep pushing for more , more, more and the outer edge gets bigger but the innard gets thinner and eventually all is left is a thin, fragile wall. You can only have so many GM cars or houses, etc.

But what kind of republican thinks capitalism is a uniting economic system? it is 100% opposite of what United stands for.

If capitalism is all about the bigger fish eat the little fish, well sure sounds anit- American to me.

What happened to United We Stand? What happened to America by and for the people? What happened to the founding fathers dreams of Socialism?

Answer 1

Capitalism embodies the spirit and rights of the US.
We are equally free to make our selves as unequal as possible.

Answer 2

The founding fathers had no dreams of socialism - a system that hadn't even been positted, at the time. They did have some visions for the new nation that would probably surprise people today. Jefferson, for instance, saw it as a nation destined to be agrarian rather than industrialized.

Capitalism is not a flawed system so much as a system of and for flawed people living in an imperfect world. It's practical, not ideal. It is, however, entirely compatible with the ideals of individual liberty and limmitted government found in the Constitution.

Capitalism /does/ tend to be a unifying force. While it's emphasis is on competition, it is still a positive sum game, which means there's always room for more players. And, it works best when artificial barriers to trade have been lowered - and any division acts as such a barrier, to some degree.

There's no question, for instance, that Capitalism has been the driving force behind globalization.

Answer 3

Greetings. again. read Atlas Shrugged. it defines true capitalism, not the mutated version that we now have of the rich simply getting richer without actually contributing to the economy or life. Bush never did anything to contribute to anything other then his own bank account. Under capitalim what you earn is yours and no one has the right to take it away from you for the use of others. Under capitalism you decide what you want to go into, not the government with its slanted rules and regulations. But if you check history you will find that the U.S. was never based on "We the People" it was based on "We the rich land owners and royalty" it was never united we stand, but rather the rich say "we stand" and you have to back them. your opinion did not matter at all. and under the revolutionary war leaders views most of the people in America then did not qualify as even citizens. To be anyone back then one had to be related to the British isles immigrants that were here. one had to own land and had to be wealthy. ordinary people were simply owned property, either body slaves, which means bought and owned. or wage slaves, which means that they sell themselves into slavery working for someone else for money. but they are not sold, simply hired. And a wage slave is simply fired if they become sick or crippled by their employment. that is the kind of slavery practiced by the Northern states. The type of slavery practiced by the southern states was the body slave. they bought them at auctions and had to take care of them until they died. Capitalism is not a system that the idle rich would welcome. it requires you to do your best. It is the total anti-thesis of Communism where one is expected to labor for the good of others and not yourself. What we have now is in Atlas Shrugged, our leader is about a copy of Cuffy Meggs, the corrupt leader of the government near the end of the story. And the conditions are approaching the ones depicted in the novel. Happening now.

Answer 4

In no way did any of our founding fathers ever advocate for or believe in socialism. they believed, in fact, that a free economy is the only way to truly guarantee freedom - this is clearly evident in all of ther writings, from the Declaration of Independence to the Federalist Papers to the Constitution.

Socialist thought arose with Marx, Engels, and other economists who appeared well after American independence - about 100 years later.
History shows us a number of things. Democracy, to function, requires a stable, well-educated middle class - what Marx would call "bourgoise" - professionals, businesspeople, entreprenuers, lawyers, etc. These are the people who create value - not automatons on an assembly line, as Marx supposed, nor uber-wealthy capital owners (the "haute bourgoise.")
To have a middle class, and to therefore have democracy, capitalism (a market economy and a capital market, meaning stock and bond markets) is necessary. Anything else quickly results in bad economies, government tyranny, and mass amounts of suffering.

Socialism is now being rejected by nearly every country who's ever practiced it. It's caused terrible poverty and inequality in Great Britain, France, India, and Italy. It must be enforced by government force and simply shifts wealth to bureaucrats - what wealth remains after economies are brought to their knees.

It's an inherently unhealthy, unsustainable system. It causes terrible suffering, destroys artistic and technological acheivements, and results in nothing but squalor.
Read history, and look at current economic trends. Marxist assumptions (including his math and theory) don't stand up to scrutiny, much like every socialist, communist, or planned economy. Anyone who thinks otherwise is ignorant of history, basic economics, and human nature.

"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of property." Does that sound like socialism to you?

Answer 5

Get rich quick schemes in the capitalist business world, (buyouts, IPOs, conglomerates, acquisitions, mergers, and the stock market), do not actually work. Remaining solvent does not actually exist within false economics capitalism.

Profit existing in the capitalist business world, or millionaires existing within capitalism, is pathological deception committed by the 21 organizations spying on the population with plain clothes agents, (with covert fake names and fake backgrounds).

Actual economics is the persons paying the monthly business loan payments of companies voting at work in order to control the property they are paying for.

Capitalism is the psychology of imaginary parents, false economics, and the criminal deception of employees that are paying the bills (including the stocks and bonds, or shares) of companies.

Anti-democracy republicanism is the psychology of imaginary parents, and false government.

Answer 6

this is a simple little history lesson:

sir walter raleigh discovered that the first people of america smoked a pipe in ceremonial fashion to mark important and historical meetings/get-togethers. he brought this new novelty back to his homeland where they doused him with water because he was afire. that was the beginning of the luxury of smoking.

when the novelty wore off, over time, this ceremonial act became totally misconstrued and then abused. today there are campaigns to abolish this dreadful habit.

i'm sure that the monetary system started as a friendly sort of gesture to begin with too. now it has become something huge called capitalism.

i'm told that socialism, eventually, becomes communism. after what i saw come out from behind the iron curtain and the berlin wall, i really don't think we want to go there, do you?

Answer 7

America is the land of opportunity, not the land of handouts. Anyone who is willing to work hard and make smart decisions has a chance to become successful, but nobody is entitled to anything.

Answer 8

Capitalism has to be controlled by democratic instruments.

Answer 9

Pinkos.....(shakes head)