Reply #166: If people weren't inherently competitive

[Warren DeMontague]

then capitalism wouldn't be, either.

I agree with other posters in this thread- what we have now is a system of crony capitalism, an oil-igarchy where a few people write different rules for themselves than for everyone else. It's anything but a level playing field. Corporations have too many rights, individuals not enough. Ken Lay writes a "deregulation" law for California that is a cover for a few people to rob the state blind and f*ck "Grandma Millie up the @$$" for $250 a megawatt hour.

That aint free enterpise. It's state-sanctioned banditry.

When 3 corporations own all the media outlets, that's not "free enterprise" or "capitalism"- it's corporate totalitarianism.

I think real free enterprise, combined with government-aided social networks and safety nets to fill in the gaps where the market doesn't provide the answers (like health insurance) is not a bad, or evil thing. Rather, it's something we should aspire to.