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56. Exactly !

Sun Feb 19, 2012, 06:03 PM

Feb 2012

Capitalism is like a shark. It needs to keep moving forward, if it stands still, it can't breathe and suffocates. Profits must always increase, consumption must always rise. The entire stock market is based on future earnings, and they better be more than what they're making today, or the stock will sink like a rock.

In a finite world, this economic system is doomed. Time to retire capitalism for the sake of the planet.

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Al Gore takes aim at "unsustainable" capitalism [View all] cyberpj Feb 2012 OP

Good article. Thanks for posting... YvonneCa Feb 2012 #1

You're right the comments are very scary. xtraxritical Feb 2012 #5

I agree completely. I'll bet I've read... YvonneCa Feb 2012 #10

Humanity is rapidly approaching a point of forced evolution tech_smythe Feb 2012 #13

Absolutely agree. tabatha Feb 2012 #2

I Love him!! Klukie Feb 2012 #3

It's way past time that Wall Street started taking the long view. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #4

I'm one of those who never stops thinking about that alternate reality timeline where cyberpj Feb 2012 #30

"Sustainable" and "Capitalism" don't belong in the same sentence (n/t) bread_and_roses Feb 2012 #6

Post of the day. nt TBF Feb 2012 #25

Wow, the sheer ignorance of those comments! The Doctor. Feb 2012 #7

If ignorance is bliss, they must be the happiest people on the planet. n/t Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #8

DUzy! I LOVE this... YvonneCa Feb 2012 #11

It's easy to post talking points because you don't have to have an actual discussion about facts... cyberpj Feb 2012 #31

Saturday kick for the weekenders. nt cyberpj Feb 2012 #50

Kick politicasista Feb 2012 #9

KICK! patrice Feb 2012 #12

Except, of course, for companies Gore sits on the board of. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #14

What evidence do you have than an exception would exist for them or are you just pulling this Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #15

Al Gore's bona fides as a hypocrite of Order One are well established Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #16

So then you have no evidence, thanks for the answer. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #17

But by all means, don't start with his own company's private slaves in China. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #18

Why do you think business practices overseas won't change if the dynamics are changed here at home. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #19

Physician, heal thyself. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #20

No physician can stay healthy long if everyone is sick. n/t Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #21

That makes exactly zero sense. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #22

The system is sick and any companies that Gore sits on the board Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #24

exactly.... fascisthunter Feb 2012 #27

Not to mention that any seat he may hold on a 'board' is only one seat among anywhere from cyberpj Feb 2012 #32

Here is something else to take into consideration as well Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #33

I imagine that when we are reduced to bumper-sticker philosophies LanternWaste Feb 2012 #34

So Al Gore is on the board of the most valuable company in the world Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #39

Hey did you see this part? Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #41

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #42

You didn't actually address the three major points or facts of the post, Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #43

Two very recent developments for a company that he's been on the BoD of hughee99 Feb 2012 #47

When did Apple's BoD become aware Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #48

If they were on the DU they'd have known for several years now. hughee99 Feb 2012 #49

Well apparently for "several years," their salary increases have outpaced those in the U.S. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #51

Given the current state at Foxconn that Apple recently admitted to, hughee99 Feb 2012 #52

What did Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett Packard and a multiitude of other tech companies admit to? Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #54

Hey, look over here, look over here. hughee99 Feb 2012 #55

Capitalism needs to die and be buried once and for all. Fool Count Feb 2012 #23

Infinite growth in a finite system is a logical impossibility.. nt Bigmack Feb 2012 #26

And this is the crux of the problem laundry_queen Feb 2012 #44

I believe that's why Gore is not suggesting revamping the whole system, this is more like applying Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #46

Exactly ! NeoConsSuck Feb 2012 #56

thank you Mr. Gore.... unkachuck Feb 2012 #28

Spam deleted by cyberswede (MIR Team) sdfghytyt Feb 2012 #29

Unregulated Capitalism is a failed system lovuian Feb 2012 #35

I see a marriage here. At last some people putting people first again. nanabugg Feb 2012 #36

Gore ought to go find the worlds most valuable company, kick down the doors of the Corporate hughee99 Feb 2012 #37

Absolutely. He wouldn't even need to kick the door in - he has the key. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #40

This looks most promising, nanabugg. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #38

Thanks! nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #45

Good - this is long overdue Mopar151 Feb 2012 #53