Leaguefan wrote:
Capitalism = Greed.
Capitalism = Something for nothing.
Capitalism can only survive with inflation and be a constant increasing upward spiral with increasing prices.
Capitalism can only work with "credit" i.e imaginary finance that just dosn't exist except as a concept/idea
Capitalism can never be "efficient" to lower costs and improve employees living standards, the desire is to increase profits for the few .
Shareholders are just like the people who go into the bookies. They take a gamble, but have rigged the rules in such a way that their losses, if any, are minimised.
Shareholders sit at home all day watching 40" plasma TV's or out playing and drinking, being subsidised by those who actually do the work.
Shareholders are like people on benefits, wanting something for nothing.
If businesses are making "excessive" profits, then either their prices are too high or they they are not paying the people who create the products enough.
At best it's a crazy system, but it "works" because the "educational system" ensures it works.
Like most, I can live and work within the current system, but that is not to say I condone the current system and cannot say it isn't in the best interest of human beings on the only planet we can all live on.
It's simply greed is the biggest motivator on the planet.
Caring about your fellow human beings? Nah that's some else's job.
We live in interesting times.
Wow.... and you are the one suggesting others do not understand the system!
Greed = greed. Which can be found in all walks of life , be it a capitalist, a worker, a communist or a union official. (the last 2 are really the same delete which is inappropriate
)
Capitalism while by no means perfect is the system the great majority of the world prefers while other systems have failed badly or been
rejected.
Capitalism has produced most of the finest advances in science, medicine, agriculture, transport etc etc
Capitalism creates the products that give employment and create the profits that pays the taxes to fund the our services.
A share holder is either someone who risks his own money which is invested in a company to help it progress for the benefit of customers, shareholders, taxpayers and employees.
The other type of shareholders are the Insurance companies, Building Societies, Unions, Local Authorities, Pension Funds who invest for the benefit of a large chunk of the population.
Those sitting at home just now watching the 40" plasmas are most likely to be the workshy.
The alternative is to live in a world where you aspire to own a Trabant and are content to keep your job as a lift-man for the rest of your vodka swilling life.
Those large multinationals that are allowed to "cheat" the tax system is not because of capitalism but rather because of weak politicians. But Capitalism makes for competition which gives you the freedom the choose Costa Coffee over Starbucks and not to buy from Amazon etc. You can even Google to find the alternatives to Google!
Having said that I would like to see the law changed so that the large public companies have to have a decent percentage (say at least 30%) of their shares owned by their employees which would be very much in line with Capitalist principles
