Al Gore takes aim at "unsustainable" capitalism

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28. thank you Mr. Gore....

"While we believe that capitalism is fundamentally superior to any other system for organizing economic activity, it is also clear that some of the ways in which it is now practiced do not incorporate sufficient regard for its impact on people, society and the planet," Gore said.

....I empathize with your desire to curb the excesses of capitalism but should we not be looking towards a more managed global economic model in which abusive competition is minimized and resources are more equitably shared? Half the worlds' population goes to bed hungry while our planet can no longer sustain the unregulated environmental raping.

"...capitalism is fundamentally superior to any other system for organizing economic activity..."

....during the last decade and even today, governments around the world have demonstrated their inability to control the evils of capitalism....what appears to be 'superior to any other system' is merely the economic self-interest of the few, being pursued with little or no concern for the consequences....capitalism is an inherently undemocratic system which can not be made democratic....