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Maybe Capitalism isn't broken. (Original Post)
Anon-C
Apr 2022
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House of Roberts
(5,171 posts)1. Is a person with cancer 'broken'?
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)4. Not from actual literal cancer, no.
KPN
(15,646 posts)2. Do you have a point?
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)5. My point is that who am I to criticize capitalism
Simply because I cannot afford to do it. Or don't have the talent, resources, charisma. So maybe I'm just bad at it and need to leave it for those who seem to get it.
KPN
(15,646 posts)11. What do you mean you can't afford to do it?
Capitalism isnt something one does, its a system not an action.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)12. Is access to capital required?
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)17. A niche bookstore maybe.
KPN
(15,646 posts)20. Lol. Okay, that confirms it. Troll on.
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)15. I think the point is to troll
peppertree
(21,636 posts)3. But it needs regulation and accountability
Like anything, really.
Otherwise you have an Idi Amin situation.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)6. Idi Amin is NOT my best friend!
peppertree
(21,636 posts)9. Good God, I should hope not
Because when he turned on his friends, they rarely ended up in one piece.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)10. Too many in his entourage lacked courage.
peppertree
(21,636 posts)14. Yet another resemblance to His Orangeness
There were so many.
sop
(10,190 posts)7. "Capitalism defeated communism, it's now well on its way to defeating democracy." - David Korten
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)8. Who needs democracy when you have Freedom?
sop
(10,190 posts)13. Who needs freedom when you have capitalism?
catrose
(5,067 posts)18. It probably works exactly as intended