> Every person is inherently greedy; however if each is allowed to earn > according to her abilities and motivation - to compete fairly with > others - usually, their greed placated, they will become benevolent. > > It's basically a "me first, then you" philosophy. To get to the "then > you" part you have to solve the "me first" part. That's what > capitalism does as it views humanity as we are.
Dictionary definition: An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. The problem is that anything ending in the letters ism has a wide range of interpretation. Economically, the primary difference between capitalism and socialism are in who owns, funds and steers industry and services (private enterprise versus state or community). Socially the difference lies in where the requirements for social programs are based (individual desire and moral versus state mandate). There are mean capitalists and there are mean socialists... to say all capitalists are egotistical fiscal bullies who don't care a wit about their fellow man is a gross generalization. To say all socialists are peacenick hippie robin-hood wannabees is also a gross generalization. Finding a workable solution depends on the general psyche of the group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
