Capitalism works just fine. Look at Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. They are all deeply capitalist countries with billionaires and a wealthy upper class. The difference is that their governments are heavily focused on welfare and social programs that actually work. That is not socialism.
Here in the United States, we have largely eliminated competition in many industries, and we all know how America’s social programs compare.
not really working here in germany, no. Even though things like, e.g. health care and public transport aren’t as completely broken as in the US, they are still pretty broken and there is no incentive to fix it thanks precisely to the interests of capitalism.
No, just no. The wealth gap continues to grow exponentially in all these countries and the wealthy are using far right populism to poison these societies. Islamophobia, anti-immigration, and austerity are all rearing their ugly heads. There is no real pushback either, just a never ending march into corporatocracy.
And there you have it, that’s the major issue we’re facing: corporatocracy. It’s the dominant system in place today, and it isn’t capitalism. We moved beyond true capitalism a long time ago and replaced it with a system dominated by corporate interests. Competition is curtailed at every turn. In the United States, it’s become so concentrated that we effectively have only three major cellular service providers serving the entire country.
As I said, capitalism works reasonably well when applied correctly. The problem is that we’ve allowed corporate power to run unchecked.
And don’t get me wrong, I don’t particularly like capitalism. I’m simply acknowledging that, so far, it has produced results. Compared to most of human history, we live in one of the most peaceful and prosperous periods ever. Despite everything happening in the world today, we have the best medicine, technology, and overall standard of living humanity has ever known.
Capitalism has accomplished a great deal, but the system we have now is increasingly serving concentrated corporate interests rather than fostering genuine competition. It’s time to move away from what we’re doing today and toward something that restores competition, accountability, and broad-based opportunity.
I agree wholeheartedly with everything you have said. I would caution your rosy outlook though. While we certainly have seen war, disease, and violent crime steadily decrease while billions of people have access to fresh water and electricity, all is not what it seems.
Corporations have destroyed our environment. According to my research we have lost about a billion people to pollution in the last fifty years. That is quite the trade for our prosperity. Every single human is poisoned from birth in multiple ways. You can’t even burn wood without releasing a ton of lead due to it blanketing our planet from decades of air pollution.
Capitalism works just fine. Look at Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. They are all deeply capitalist countries with billionaires and a wealthy upper class. The difference is that their governments are heavily focused on welfare and social programs that actually work. That is not socialism.
Here in the United States, we have largely eliminated competition in many industries, and we all know how America’s social programs compare.
Germany is going downhill. Right wing parties are gaining traction because dumb fuck people are voting against their own best interest.
Welfare will ultimately deteriorate
There’s definitely a nationalistic trend in the world these days. I don’t know where why this is happening.
not really working here in germany, no. Even though things like, e.g. health care and public transport aren’t as completely broken as in the US, they are still pretty broken and there is no incentive to fix it thanks precisely to the interests of capitalism.
No, just no. The wealth gap continues to grow exponentially in all these countries and the wealthy are using far right populism to poison these societies. Islamophobia, anti-immigration, and austerity are all rearing their ugly heads. There is no real pushback either, just a never ending march into corporatocracy.
And there you have it, that’s the major issue we’re facing: corporatocracy. It’s the dominant system in place today, and it isn’t capitalism. We moved beyond true capitalism a long time ago and replaced it with a system dominated by corporate interests. Competition is curtailed at every turn. In the United States, it’s become so concentrated that we effectively have only three major cellular service providers serving the entire country.
As I said, capitalism works reasonably well when applied correctly. The problem is that we’ve allowed corporate power to run unchecked.
And don’t get me wrong, I don’t particularly like capitalism. I’m simply acknowledging that, so far, it has produced results. Compared to most of human history, we live in one of the most peaceful and prosperous periods ever. Despite everything happening in the world today, we have the best medicine, technology, and overall standard of living humanity has ever known.
Capitalism has accomplished a great deal, but the system we have now is increasingly serving concentrated corporate interests rather than fostering genuine competition. It’s time to move away from what we’re doing today and toward something that restores competition, accountability, and broad-based opportunity.
I agree wholeheartedly with everything you have said. I would caution your rosy outlook though. While we certainly have seen war, disease, and violent crime steadily decrease while billions of people have access to fresh water and electricity, all is not what it seems.
Corporations have destroyed our environment. According to my research we have lost about a billion people to pollution in the last fifty years. That is quite the trade for our prosperity. Every single human is poisoned from birth in multiple ways. You can’t even burn wood without releasing a ton of lead due to it blanketing our planet from decades of air pollution.
For now. Let them have to fund a military and shake off Russia, China, and Israel influence on a daily basis.
Those countries are just behind the usa. Once they start going broke they will eat their own just like us.