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Zalatix

(8,994 posts) Mon Jul 9, 2012, 05:09 AM Jul 2012

Capitalism saved the world.

Capitalism saved us from feudalism.
Capitalism saved us from Communism.
Capitalism saved America from slavery just as surely as abolitionism did.

But most importantly, Capitalism saved us for later.

BTW, later is coming up right about now.

Lesson for the species who'll rise after us*: don't make a deal with a lesser demon to fight a greater demon.

* Any bets who that'll be? The great apes, if they survive? Or the meerkats?

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Capitalism saved the world. (Original Post) Zalatix Jul 2012 OP

Was the Mayan economy Capitalistic? Downwinder Jul 2012 #1

Not sure. Zalatix Jul 2012 #2

Mayans "had" a market based economy very similar to ours. Downwinder Jul 2012 #3

Ouch. Zalatix Jul 2012 #8

Capitalism 'saved' us in the same way that religion started us on the path to enlightenment. randome Jul 2012 #4

How successful has "regulation" been? TBF Jul 2012 #5

+1 kentuck Jul 2012 #6

Regulated Capitalism ain't Capitalism. That is more of a social Democracy. Zalatix Jul 2012 #7

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

1. Was the Mayan economy Capitalistic?

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 05:28 AM

Jul 2012

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)

2. Not sure.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 06:30 AM

Jul 2012

My point was that Capitalism didn't really save anyone or any society that thinks it was saved by Capitalism. It merely offered humanity what it ADVERTISED as a better deal than it was getting at the time, in exchange for putting off the inevitable endgame war against the 99% so another several generations of Plutocrats could feed off of them. That endgame is upon us.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

3. Mayans "had" a market based economy very similar to ours.

Reply to Zalatix (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 06:55 AM

Jul 2012

Perhaps we should look at their demise. Their descendants are still around.

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)

8. Ouch.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 09:57 AM

Jul 2012

randome

(34,845 posts)

4. Capitalism 'saved' us in the same way that religion started us on the path to enlightenment.

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 07:34 AM

Jul 2012

We are awash in necessary evils. If something needs to replace Capitalism, so be it. But it was never our savior and it is not evil incarnate, either.

Unregulated Capitalism -that's a different matter.

TBF

(32,208 posts)

5. How successful has "regulation" been?

Reply to randome (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 07:51 AM

Jul 2012

I will give you the roughly 50 years between WWI and 1980. Rich folks paid taxes and the less educated at least could count on a factory job to feed their family. But what happened? Why only 50 years?

kentuck

(111,111 posts)

6. +1

Reply to randome (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 07:56 AM

Jul 2012

Capitalism without strict regulation is bad for everyone.

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)

7. Regulated Capitalism ain't Capitalism. That is more of a social Democracy.

Reply to randome (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 09:52 AM

Jul 2012

Which is also not democratic socialism, by the way.

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