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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)The system I want puts power in the hands of the majority not the elite. It puts democracy into the work place as well as in our political system.
Right now a handful of obnoxiously wealthy greedy fools are turning the planet into an inhospitable toxic stew. If the majority of people had their say, this would NOT be happening. The elite are destroying our water, air and soil quality because they own most of the wealth. They buy up our political institutions and then pass laws to expand their wealth at the cost of all of us. If we continue to allow capitalist to own the means of production they will continue to repeal and subvert all the regulations and laws that hold them back from taking the wealth of the 99%. The majority's will is subverted because capitalism is all about concentrating vast wealth into the hands of the vastly wealthy (just like feudalism and slavery). In capitalism those with the capital rule both economical and politically.
I want to take the capitalist's power away and give it to the masses. Their power lies in the economic system of capitalism.