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In reply to the discussion: Which is because of greedy bastards like you, we'll always need unions in this country... [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)even though they call themselves capitalist, they don't practice capitalism. They practice some form of bastardized economic system that has capitalist elements and some socialist elements. What the Papa John's idiot is saying is true for capitalism in it's truest form. And as to those countries you speak of, they're already being taken over by the capitalists and are slowly, but surely losing their socialist elements. We'll see where those countries are in 30 or 30 years. Probably where we are now.
Capitalism doesn't play well with other systems. The main goal of capitalism is NOT to make society better for all citizens. It is to make profit for the owners. That is the MAIN law of capitalism. It has to be FORCED to be humane. And anything that has to be forced to be humane, won't stay that way without enormous and constant pressure, pressure that, of necessity, will wane over time.
Regulating capitalism is like riding a hungry tiger. It's VERY difficult to do and you're always in danger of being eaten.