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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)By all means, the economic system we have at the moment is not fair, nor is it just, nor is it healthy for our nation. By all means, critique the injustice you see. Personally, I feel ethically compelled to speak out against injustice when I see it. I am not advising silence and acquiescence. Rather, I'm suggesting that capitalism, itself, is not the problem. Unregulated, laissez-faire capitalism is the problem, and that's the direction in which the Republicans are pushing our country. Regulated FDR and LBJ capitalism, on the other hand, made us the richest and most powerful nation on Earth. Capitalism, therefore, isn't bad unless it's unregulated (i.e. Somalia). It's unregulated capitalism foisted upon us by Republicans and a few complicit Democrats that is pushing us all back to the misery of the Gilded Age.
-Laelth