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RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
15. Talk about babble
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:06 PM
Feb 2013

I really don't know where you got your information from, let alone understand it.
Capitalism is about more, more, more, profits, and thus implies infinite profits. In order to achieve these infinite profits, one must use resources to create goods. Since there is a finite amount of resources on Planet Earth, the basic presumption of capitalism, and more, more, more profits is a major fault.

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2013 #1
I've seen the krhines Feb 2013 #2
yup. Succeeding wonderfully at impoverishing the many while enriching the few. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #3
Wisdom TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #4
Exploitation, environmental destruction, gargantuan inequality, poverty, war, corruption alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #5
Our capitalist culture is a different thing from capitalism itself Silent3 Feb 2013 #6
capitalism inevitably ends in concentrated wealth & concentrated power. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #9
Being born inevitably leads to death, but we don't ban birth. Silent3 Feb 2013 #11
Being born to Bab$ and Poppy Bu$h would be nice n/t leftstreet Feb 2013 #12
nothing to do with corruption; capitalism operating normally concentrates wealth and power. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #21
Which "design" is that? Silent3 Feb 2013 #22
the design that says capitalism exists to increase & accumulate one's capital investment. if HiPointDem Feb 2013 #23
But businesses come and go all of the time Silent3 Feb 2013 #26
businesses come and go, but capital concentrates. it moves from business to business -- into HiPointDem Feb 2013 #30
And you can attempt to use regulation to minimize those failures Silent3 Feb 2013 #33
my original statement was: capitalism is 'designed' to concentrate capital. just like a game HiPointDem Feb 2013 #34
Ironically, chervilant Feb 2013 #38
i've read plenty of anthropologists, and they don't all agree on 'the origins of our economic HiPointDem Feb 2013 #40
Nope, chervilant Feb 2013 #42
P.S. chervilant Feb 2013 #44
thanks for the recommendation. i haven't read that. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #45
'people buying things' is not a feature specific to capitalism. people have 'bought things,' or HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32
It's not *unique* to capitalism (never said it was), but it's necessary... Silent3 Feb 2013 #35
look, you seem to think i'm comparing capitalism to some other better economic arrangement & HiPointDem Feb 2013 #37
Nice post. gulliver Feb 2013 #10
Capitalism is broken by design. RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #7
Yup. It's not a bug, it's a feature. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #8
Capitalism isn't designed. Silent3 Feb 2013 #13
Talk about babble RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #15
People engaged in capitalistic behavior may indeed want... Silent3 Feb 2013 #20
for profit. RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #41
Profit implies infinite profit no more than eating implies infinite weight gain. Silent3 Feb 2013 #43
a design doesn't necessarily imply a single designer, or any designer. "idealized, theoretical" HiPointDem Feb 2013 #25
There is no "idealized, theoretical" capitalism then that... Silent3 Feb 2013 #27
you're the one who brought up 'idealized theoretical capitalism.' It's a mental concept that HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28
When you use a phrase like "feature, not a bug"... Silent3 Feb 2013 #31
no, it doesn't. no more than 'death is a feature, not a bug, of human life' implies deliberate HiPointDem Feb 2013 #36
Sweden, Norway and Switzerland are capitalist countries (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #14
Since we won't be switching to socialism (and definitely not anarchism), we better find a way... brooklynite Feb 2013 #16
Maybe we won't be and maybe those aren't the best solutions.... white_wolf Feb 2013 #17
Assuming we're not returning to feudalism or slavery... brooklynite Feb 2013 #19
It isn't broken, this is the way it functions. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #18
Our capitalist system doesn't recognize the right of citizens to own land - not buy it, own it. reformist2 Feb 2013 #24
Capitalism where? ananda Feb 2013 #29
Don't make me laugh while drinking coffee Coyotl Feb 2013 #39
There's nothing wrong with American capitalism that can't be fixed... Orsino Feb 2013 #46
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