Had an interesting discussion with a good friend of mine regarding capitalism and its negative impacts in modern world:
Is it not fair to say that any ideal that's mainly built around money and rewards people with more money (at the expense of those with less) is an ideal built on encouraging greed.
In essence , in capitalism if you have enough money you can generally do whatever you want without repurcussions. You can also influence those in power, to your needs.
In any democracy, the party that gets the most money to canvass has an upper hand, not because they are the better candidate but because they can spread the most propaganda. Normally big sums of donated money comes from interested business partys with their own agendas.
And nobody can tell me I have an equal chance of being voted into power if I am up against the child of an existing TD! Also if I am a working class person that doesnt want to be associated with a specific party, I already have huge expenses to compete on the "propaganda" front to get my word around.
In a capitalist democractic society if you take a huge legal case against a large organisation (I have seen this up close from somebody close to me) who have wronged you what they can do, is drag the case as long as possible until it gets to court and just settle. The idea is that they hope the person cannot afford the legal costs. In some cases even winning a settlement in a black and white case can bankrupt a winning party as it may barely just cover the legal costs. Once again money wins . . .
People can argue technical points on democracy or capitalism but at the end of the day, while there are small exceptions (cant think of any off the top of my head) they are just that exceptions.
Democracy coupled with capitalism makes democracy null and void. We are all slaves to the system, either play the game or suffer its ills as an outcast.
Wasnt sure if this was great financial debate or letting off steam ! !
- Greed is the selfish desire for the pursuit of money, wealth, power, food, or other possessions, especially when this denies the same goods to others.
- In capitalist systems, goods and services, including those regarding the most basic necessities of life, are produced for profitable exchange.
- The first principle of democracy is that all members of the society have equal access to power and the second that all members enjoy universally recognized freedoms and liberties
Is it not fair to say that any ideal that's mainly built around money and rewards people with more money (at the expense of those with less) is an ideal built on encouraging greed.
In essence , in capitalism if you have enough money you can generally do whatever you want without repurcussions. You can also influence those in power, to your needs.
In any democracy, the party that gets the most money to canvass has an upper hand, not because they are the better candidate but because they can spread the most propaganda. Normally big sums of donated money comes from interested business partys with their own agendas.
And nobody can tell me I have an equal chance of being voted into power if I am up against the child of an existing TD! Also if I am a working class person that doesnt want to be associated with a specific party, I already have huge expenses to compete on the "propaganda" front to get my word around.
In a capitalist democractic society if you take a huge legal case against a large organisation (I have seen this up close from somebody close to me) who have wronged you what they can do, is drag the case as long as possible until it gets to court and just settle. The idea is that they hope the person cannot afford the legal costs. In some cases even winning a settlement in a black and white case can bankrupt a winning party as it may barely just cover the legal costs. Once again money wins . . .
People can argue technical points on democracy or capitalism but at the end of the day, while there are small exceptions (cant think of any off the top of my head) they are just that exceptions.
Democracy coupled with capitalism makes democracy null and void. We are all slaves to the system, either play the game or suffer its ills as an outcast.
Wasnt sure if this was great financial debate or letting off steam ! !