> Wayne wrote: > We didn't evolve with wallets, and not everyone is obsessed with > grabbing as much money as they can. >
Ah, but we did evolve with GREED! Why you're wrong about capitalism is because it does something that no other socio-economic system has done before: it takes a fundamentally destructive quality of human behavior (greed) and turns it into a wealth building mechanism. And then a strange things happens. As it turns out, we're all greedy ... but only up until a point. Some of us are happy with the basics: food, shelter, love, basic security. Some of us need more: like a stainless steel catback. But in either case we all reach a point where we decide we can be charitable. Who among us doesn't donate to charity or at least hasn't done charitable things? Like take care of a sick friend, lend money to someone down on their luck, etc? As it turns out, capitalism not only converts our greed to wealth, but it also exposes and gives us the means to express our compassion. To me the current problem is access to credit markets. There are WAY too many people with access to credit that shouldn't have it. But ... we'll see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185243 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
