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Why Capitalists are Capitalists...
there seems to be this crazy idea in the minds of most leftists here that anyone who is capitalist only wants to be the next bill gates... that, however, is so horribly untrue...
i am sure 90+% of pro-capitalists have no realistic intention of trying to be a multi-millionare... their reasons for being capitalists are in no way as materialistic and selfish as some delusional leftists seem to think...
One major reason for capitalism is the idealogical reason derived from Protestantism and the Enlightenment that people should decide their own fate and not have any government (or tyranny of the majority) determining what they will spend their lives doing or what they will do with their money. Even if corporations seem to infringe upon this control of one's one destiny, an individual in a capitalist society can start his own business or enter a different field and continue to control his own fate.
This is a very appealing idea shared by everyone from CEO's to street vendors selling t-shirts and oils... Capitalism allows you to chose what you will become. Your field may not be very profitable but profitable fields do exist for you to enter.
Furthermore, the idea of there being no government dipping into people's pockets is appealing to pro-capitalists... hell, it is appealing to just about every single American. The US was founded by colonists who didn't want to pay taxes and wanted to have self-determination.
There's also practical reasons for being a capitalist, chief among them is that capitalism has been successful. While Marxist idealogies require a fundamental change in the nature of man, capitalism makes do with imperfect men and works. The standard of living in capitalist countries has always risen and new technologies and cheaper and better consumer products have always been made.
There's also the matter of leftist groups harming business and thus harming the livlihood of the people. Nearly every city in the US is proff of this where very influential and usually corrupt unions priced themselves out of work and the city governments themselves, dominated by the unions, made cities inhospitable to businesses, taxing them, regulating them, etc. as a result, industry is completely gone from the cities and all that remains are some service jobs (McDonalds, etc.) and some white collar office jobs. Had city governments been more capitalistic and had the unions not been so encompassing, business growth would have been significant in the cities and more jobs would have been created.
Those are the reasons why capitalists are capitalists... we have no intention of being billionaires... we only want to have an economic system that works and is morally right...
thanks
i am sure 90+% of pro-capitalists have no realistic intention of trying to be a multi-millionare... their reasons for being capitalists are in no way as materialistic and selfish as some delusional leftists seem to think...
One major reason for capitalism is the idealogical reason derived from Protestantism and the Enlightenment that people should decide their own fate and not have any government (or tyranny of the majority) determining what they will spend their lives doing or what they will do with their money. Even if corporations seem to infringe upon this control of one's one destiny, an individual in a capitalist society can start his own business or enter a different field and continue to control his own fate.
This is a very appealing idea shared by everyone from CEO's to street vendors selling t-shirts and oils... Capitalism allows you to chose what you will become. Your field may not be very profitable but profitable fields do exist for you to enter.
Furthermore, the idea of there being no government dipping into people's pockets is appealing to pro-capitalists... hell, it is appealing to just about every single American. The US was founded by colonists who didn't want to pay taxes and wanted to have self-determination.
There's also practical reasons for being a capitalist, chief among them is that capitalism has been successful. While Marxist idealogies require a fundamental change in the nature of man, capitalism makes do with imperfect men and works. The standard of living in capitalist countries has always risen and new technologies and cheaper and better consumer products have always been made.
There's also the matter of leftist groups harming business and thus harming the livlihood of the people. Nearly every city in the US is proff of this where very influential and usually corrupt unions priced themselves out of work and the city governments themselves, dominated by the unions, made cities inhospitable to businesses, taxing them, regulating them, etc. as a result, industry is completely gone from the cities and all that remains are some service jobs (McDonalds, etc.) and some white collar office jobs. Had city governments been more capitalistic and had the unions not been so encompassing, business growth would have been significant in the cities and more jobs would have been created.
Those are the reasons why capitalists are capitalists... we have no intention of being billionaires... we only want to have an economic system that works and is morally right...
thanks
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