Reply #178: If I'm answering according to your description.... [View All]

[Corruption Winz]

The answer is obvious. However, that's not a realistic description of capitalism. It might be how it's "used"/run in this country, but that isn't any reason to blame the system. It's like a gun. Too much of guns or a gun is a bad thing. And it can be used for horrible things. However, in the right hands, it's completely harmless and can be used in a much better way.

Granted, if no guns existed, blah blah blah. That's beside the point.

Capitalism is about private ownership, with the intent of making profit. The investors/owners collect the profit and distribute it to the workers. That is how the system is run. While, in this country, it's been warped. The owners keep more and share less. Due to greed. However, capitalism doesn't breed greed. This is a cop out argument to me. It's what weak people use to describe what they're doing or what people who simplify issues will say in order to debunk this economic system. People are either greedy or they aren't. They'll SHOW more greed with more money involved, but they're still greedy.

Greedy people would still be greedy in a socialistic environment. You could make an argument that they would be in a system that is less opportunistic. This would only serve to make them more dangerous/ruthless/conniving.

Once again, it's rarely the system. It's the people running it.