Capatalism isn't really a problem itself. We owe a lot to capitalism.
There are some problems that have surrounded it, though, that we should
rectify so that capitalism itself doesn't become a problem. First and
formost is the media oligopy. If the media were free, and people were
made aware of the truth of many things that are going on, then the
darkest sides of capitalism would be illuminated and the abusers would
be exposed. We no longer have what I would call an American free press.
It's a big business of pushers. It supports it's own agenda. The
abusers are the problem, and they control the system. They have twisted
it to their will, so to speak. It's so effective and complete that
people are unaware that it can be any other way... Capitalism can work,
and pretty much does work. Just think, our system is so good (compared
to many others) that it almost doesn't matter who the president is,
things still run pretty well.
We don't need to get rid of Capitalism (in my opinion anyway, I'm open
minded) we just need to tweek it to avoid the deplorable abuse we have
been seeing. It needs to be more inclusive of everybody, or at the very
least, stop being so exclusive.
..anyway..
TimH
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:25:04 -0700
"Dexter Graphic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You jumped lists, Jamie, I posted to Activism and you replied to
> EUGLUG!
>
> I don't think the techies want to hear about politics and philosophy,
> if they did they'd join the [Liberation/Free Software] Activism list.
>
> Talking about the evil of cars, I just read this article about GM's
> fuel cell technology which I found quite exciting. The vehicle doubles
> as a portable power plant for homes in the third world. Too bad it's
> not an open source design. I don't trust GM to develop it in the
> people's interests; like Microsoft, they will distort the technology
> to serve their own corporate agenda--to amass more power and control.
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.08/fuelcellcars.html?pg=1
>
> Thanks for your comments, but I disagree; the operating system IS the
> problem. Capitalism rewards the most selfish, shortsighted, and greedy
>
> and punishes the most innovative, visionary, and altruistic. It drives
> people to ever-lower levels of dehumanizing slavery so as to maximize
> profits for the rich and powerful--the most dishonest, unethical, and
> destructive members of society. It's the code of the socioeconomic OS
> that gives them this unfair power over others. We have to come up with
> better software if we want to set our fellows free and save the planet
>
> from further environmental destruction. Universal Family Love will be
> the new kernel of the Revolution OS. Let the greedy try to hack that!
>
> Dexter Graphic
>
>
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of Linux Rocks !
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 15:17
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:3450] Re: Perhaps someone here can help me
> >
> >
> > In Theory, it rewards those that work harder, and not those that
> > dont, I dont feel that capitalism is a bad thing (and Im definetly
> > on the lower end of the spectrum). The issue I see with capitalism
> > is monopolies, If you have enough money, you can hold the market ,
> > and stifle competition. money isnt evil, capitalizm isnt evil, even
> > cars are not evil, its simply how people abuse them that is evil.
> >
> > Jamie
> >
>
