Yup. And the worst part is you can't speak ill of capitalism in public. I'm not even that big of a socialist despite how I act on here; I think a lot of capitalism has merit.
But it's not a perfect system. Doubly so for American capitalism. And unfortunately it's so entwined with our politics we can't have an open and serious discussion about it.
There is zero wrong with capitalism.
Capitalism fundamentally a system that, in practice, is about greed and endless growth. A system which invariably -- and consistently -- leads to oppression, a necessary poverty class, death and imperialism. When closely inspected, its speedy successes have almost always arrived secondary to some degree of slavery and/or indentured servitude (not surprising as it is a child of Feudalism). Corruption is a problem in all systems because humans are at the wheel, but that makes the problems in practical application that much more obvious. That's what Capitalism really looks like and its why organized labor is so critical. The failure of other systems has almost always been a function of the agents of Capitalism adding a thumb to the scale in a host of ways rather than their own merits not being sufficient.
I'm trying to imagine your book being practical and grounded in the real world and being meaningfully applicable (and somehow not complete trash). I'm having a hard time imagining it. Suggesting there is "zero wrong with capitalism", putting it on a pedestal as an idol and blaming its failures on "da politics" is like saying there's zero wrong with Communism if not for those darn politicians. It's a shockingly embryonic commentary.
Capitalism is based in freedom. More people in the world are free because of capitalism. other form of economics. All others enslave people. A new monitary system is about to be mandated in the Unioted States which will give the governmewnt unlimited control over the citizens, we will have no freedom whats so ever.
See? This is why we can't talk about it, because anything that isn't capitalism "is slavery" and only capitalism "can set us free". It's an emotional issue for most. You'd have better luck insulting their mom than even considering talking about a different economic system (or a slightly modified one at that!).
The irony of course is that it's capitalism that is making a new serfdom and slowly but surely bringing back feudalism, a system where a small group of rich people and "haves" tends to lord over a large group of "have nots".
Whatever ideal of capitalism you think you might know, we aren't living it. The glory days of capitalism, of "all you have to do is work hard" to get the American dream, is over. The rules that applied to my parents, who did so well, no longer apply to me and I am pissed about it.
It is hard for capitalism to work when you have a major political party {Democrats} pushing Marxism.
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