--Fred wrote:
>
> Capitalism isn't really something I can believe in, in the true sense
> of
> believing. Hell, I don't even believe in religion, and for many
> folks,
> capitalism *is* their religion. I'm all for people making a profit
> from their
> hard work and good ideas, but not at the expense of others. And
> that's where
> it all falls down for me ... the exploitation of other people,
> exploitation
> of natural resources at a rate far disproportionate to the rest of
> the world,
> rampant avarice and all that results from it, running around the
> world waving
> our big bad dick ... the list goes on and on and it's all in the name
> of
> capitalism. This is something up with which I cannot put.
>
I need to step in here and say a great big me too, well said Fred. And
I agree with Suze, this is a great forum to share one's ideas and
thoughts, keeping in mind that differences are the spice of life.
And here comes my slice of jalapeno pepper, it doesn't sit well with me
to make that blanket statement 'I believe in capitalism' without
looking under the covers first.
That said, I can see that making a profit is a good thing, however,
some of my concerns are: at what cost? How are these profits made? Who
is being hurt and how and why? In whose best interests?
Exploitation seems to be something that is a given, taken for granted
by many, a *white-washed* oh well, that's the way it is philosophy.
Like Fred, I find it very difficult to sit back in a state of
comfortably numb and say nothing. As if to say what the hell, there's
nothing *I* can do about *it*. Just because that's the way it is (for
now), doesn't mean I have to like it.
Mags
np: Cano, au nord du notre vie
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Yes you do.
- JM
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