Since we’ve “figured it out,” we’ve made sure that most people don’t have access to basic services unless they spend huge amounts of money and that the planet is in a state of disaster.
(How is this not a capitalist problem?Having the government imposed a carbon tax goes against the idea of a free market. Most of the politicians in power are capitalists.)
What services do you think people had for free earlier?
And you misunderstanding how capitalism works doesn’t mean a carbon tax is against a free market any more than rules againat pouring nuclear waste into rivers goes against a free market. A free market had all sorts of rules to protect us from the excesses of capitalism, that’s literally the entire point of anti-trust law, because the correct capitalist move for a company is to become a monopoly, which would be bad for consumers. Thus, we tame the excesses of capitalism.
Give it up OP, you won’t find an audience here. Just angry kids bitching about capitalism on their devices, made by capitalist economies. LOL, want to piss off some of these tankies? Point out that China was a struggling, failing mess until they allowed capitalism into their economy. China is poised to become the 21st century America.
FWIW, I’m with you. Capitalism is the best economic system yet, but it needs guardrails. In America we’ve stripped those out. Anti-trust law isn’t a thing any longer.
That’s what we tend to think, but we’ve been here before with the robber barons at the turn of the 20th century. Rockefeller had an inflation adjusted net worth of over $400 billion dollars, and the entire country was ruled by 4 men. The government was able to rectify that situation and launch America into a golden age for the country and middle class alike. So, I think an unregulated capitalist system is an enemy of the people. That’s probably what people mean when they say “late-stage” since they mean several massive companies have seized the entire market, but it can be reset and regulated when the people force the government to do its job, regardless of how late the stage is.
Since we’ve “figured it out,” we’ve made sure that most people don’t have access to basic services unless they spend huge amounts of money and that the planet is in a state of disaster.
(How is this not a capitalist problem?Having the government imposed a carbon tax goes against the idea of a free market. Most of the politicians in power are capitalists.)
What services do you think people had for free earlier?
And you misunderstanding how capitalism works doesn’t mean a carbon tax is against a free market any more than rules againat pouring nuclear waste into rivers goes against a free market. A free market had all sorts of rules to protect us from the excesses of capitalism, that’s literally the entire point of anti-trust law, because the correct capitalist move for a company is to become a monopoly, which would be bad for consumers. Thus, we tame the excesses of capitalism.
Give it up OP, you won’t find an audience here. Just angry kids bitching about capitalism on their devices, made by capitalist economies. LOL, want to piss off some of these tankies? Point out that China was a struggling, failing mess until they allowed capitalism into their economy. China is poised to become the 21st century America.
FWIW, I’m with you. Capitalism is the best economic system yet, but it needs guardrails. In America we’ve stripped those out. Anti-trust law isn’t a thing any longer.
Capitalism can be great, but late stage capitalism is the enemy of people.
That’s what we tend to think, but we’ve been here before with the robber barons at the turn of the 20th century. Rockefeller had an inflation adjusted net worth of over $400 billion dollars, and the entire country was ruled by 4 men. The government was able to rectify that situation and launch America into a golden age for the country and middle class alike. So, I think an unregulated capitalist system is an enemy of the people. That’s probably what people mean when they say “late-stage” since they mean several massive companies have seized the entire market, but it can be reset and regulated when the people force the government to do its job, regardless of how late the stage is.
The National Association of Realtors just got hit with a 4 billion dollar anti-trust lawsuit that they settled, and made sweeping changes to the industry. The entire real estate industry is about to undergo massive changes that will drive half the realtors out of the industry.