Actual capitalism has been suppressed in the US for a long time, don’t let it happen to you. A little kids lemon juice stand being shut down for not having a permit is a perfect example, while corpos getting away with killing people is just the cost of business.
Edit: I think whoever down voted me probably misunderstood me.
Personally, I buy and sell equipment; things that people need, and are almost always broken. I fix the stuff and sell it reasonably, I do have some altruistic tendencies. Like the washer or dryer that will just end up at the dump gets fixed for someone that’s in a pinch. The capitalism that people hate is companies like microsoft and sony.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
My point overall was that, when it comes to a person, capitalism is heavily regulated; but a giant company gets to get away with anything.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
That isn’t regulation though - that’s capitalism.
The fact that they made it illegal to jailbreak things isn’t an accident - capitalism REQUIRES a state, and will use it to push advantages of the rich, always.
What we see in the US is actually the end form of capitalism where it transcended the market to influence politics and capture the market even more.
Free markets aren’t exclusive to capitalism, and I would argue that the markets would be freer under socialism as it would respond to the needs of the community first and foremost.
You’re right, that would probably be better for all of us. I’ve listened to a lot of speeches by Michael Parenti; there are way better systems than what we have to put up with. He discusses this subject really well and I think that we could potentially take steps back in society and restore a better world. I try to make a difference, I don’t like seeing all of us get fucked over and over for profit. It’s unnecessary.
Actual capitalism has been suppressed in the US for a long time, don’t let it happen to you. A little kids lemon juice stand being shut down for not having a permit is a perfect example, while corpos getting away with killing people is just the cost of business.
Edit: I think whoever down voted me probably misunderstood me.
Personally, I buy and sell equipment; things that people need, and are almost always broken. I fix the stuff and sell it reasonably, I do have some altruistic tendencies. Like the washer or dryer that will just end up at the dump gets fixed for someone that’s in a pinch. The capitalism that people hate is companies like microsoft and sony.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
My point overall was that, when it comes to a person, capitalism is heavily regulated; but a giant company gets to get away with anything.
That isn’t regulation though - that’s capitalism.
The fact that they made it illegal to jailbreak things isn’t an accident - capitalism REQUIRES a state, and will use it to push advantages of the rich, always.
You being your own boss isn’t being a capitalist.
What we see in the US is actually the end form of capitalism where it transcended the market to influence politics and capture the market even more.
Free markets aren’t exclusive to capitalism, and I would argue that the markets would be freer under socialism as it would respond to the needs of the community first and foremost.
You’re right, that would probably be better for all of us. I’ve listened to a lot of speeches by Michael Parenti; there are way better systems than what we have to put up with. He discusses this subject really well and I think that we could potentially take steps back in society and restore a better world. I try to make a difference, I don’t like seeing all of us get fucked over and over for profit. It’s unnecessary.