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RE: Capitalism VS Consumerism
They have probably got their money from the corrupt government?
A capitalist cant be corrupt, because all the money is his in the first place.
Corruption, can only exist in government, because they use other people's money. So if a politician embezzles funds, or people have to bribe him to get things done, that is not capitalism.... That is just how government works.
Remove government, and corruption will end instantly, 100%, literally.
Boy, you sure have a lot of belief in the honesty of people, but remember these billionaires (anywhere) are the ones who fund elections, so whichever way you look at it they are still part of the problem, but look in the US, you have Bill Gates, and about 4 other Microsoft founders, the Facebook guy, Mark Cuban and a big etc surely these guys became millionaires way after 1960, so are they corrupt?
No It's exactly the opposite. I don't have trust in people, in general, that means I don't want to give totalitarian control to a few "elected" individuals that will have total control over you.
The more decentralized the power, the better, and so far only capitalism can decentralize the wealth through competition, and may the best person win. In fact everyone wins, proportional to their value.
Centralized control is the worst possible thing you can imagine, regardless of political beliefs.
But, they don't compete, capitalists probably get together to fix prices, have you noticed every time let's say Coca cola raises it's price Pepsi does the same? Wouldn't you think they would have price wars lowering the prices to get more consumers? But they do the exact opposite, precisely because capitalists ARE the ones who control everything, they are the elites, they are the ones who have the money.
I don't want to be controlled by anyone either, but I know that I am being controlled, and about the only thing you can do about it is go to a deserted island and try to live there.