A Future Beyond Capitalism? Socialism Explained.
A Future Beyond Capitalism? Socialism Explained.
"Socialism is like the American Dream, only real."
Socialism is the only way that "WE THE PEOPLE" can be "WE THE PEOPLE" because in capitalism, the first thing that happens is that the value of human beings is diminished to and measured by their profit value. In other words, the system deletes the value of people, just like feudalism did. Follow the money, follow the power, if you want to find what is valuable to any society. There is no conscience or compassion in the free market. By law, corporations must generate a profit for the shareholders (those that are already rich and powerful).
The deeply embedded problem of capitalism is that it depends on the free market, which in turn depends on consumers to consume and generate more demand.
There are 4 inherent, irrefutable, and inalienable issues with the continuing success of capitalism:
1) When consumers are struggling to survive, then it takes the wind out of the sails of the free market. No demand is being generated and hence no need for more supply.
2) Cutting taxes and giving other benefits to the business owners will never increase consumption and hence cannot increase profit or success. Spending comes from those that do not have what they need, which increases consumption and demand, which in turn increases production and supply. Business owners cannot create jobs unless demand is increased producing a need for supply increasing.
3) Capitalism depends on limitless growth using limited resources. Endless growth is an oxymoron in a world of limited resources. Infinite growth = cancer.
4) The free market has no conscience. It is clueless about suffering and happiness, rich and poor, sickness and health, about the needs of people and society.
Capitalism is not a culture or a system of morality or a religion, or politics. It is
nothing more than an economic tool that most people around the world are beginning to realize does not make their lives better anymore. It is making their lives worse. It has lost its effectiveness because we do not understand its intent and capacity. Capitalism does not give us identity as a country or culture or people or government. Capitalism can never meet all the needs of any society. It does a great job of meeting some of its needs. But stops short when those needs can't be met through the free market while generating a profit. There are many needs of society that do not generate a profit and thus must be socialized in order for a society to survive. Here is an example of some things that cannot make a profit. Education, healthcare, hospitals, roads, bridges, police, fire, military, governments, water, utilities, retirement, starvation, poverty, and on and on. These are all part of the infrastructure that fall under the umbrella of socialism, i.e. tax dollars being paid to government so that government can meet the needs of the people.
nothing more than an economic tool that most people around the world are beginning to realize does not make their lives better anymore. It is making their lives worse. It has lost its effectiveness because we do not understand its intent and capacity. Capitalism does not give us identity as a country or culture or people or government. Capitalism can never meet all the needs of any society. It does a great job of meeting some of its needs. But stops short when those needs can't be met through the free market while generating a profit. There are many needs of society that do not generate a profit and thus must be socialized in order for a society to survive. Here is an example of some things that cannot make a profit. Education, healthcare, hospitals, roads, bridges, police, fire, military, governments, water, utilities, retirement, starvation, poverty, and on and on. These are all part of the infrastructure that fall under the umbrella of socialism, i.e. tax dollars being paid to government so that government can meet the needs of the people.
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” (Dom Helder Camara)
"When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible" (Jomo Kenyatta)
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