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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)But since the underlying mechanisms of capitalism route the wealth produced via production dis-proportionally to the few owners of the means of production (rather than the majority group that is the workers), it puts upward pressure upon disparity; a process that will always and forever result in the upper echelon having the capital and power to purchase and undermine the very government that regulates their activities. As disparity approaches infinity, ugly capitalism will emerge from the cocoon because the owners will throw off the shackles of regulation.
There is not "well-regulated" capitalsm. There is not "corrupt" capitalism. There is simply capitalism. It happens in stages. The throttling stage is as important to the owners (who prefer their prey time to fatten up) as the rape stage.
I'm so tired of people pointing to a tiny stage of a larger process and saying "lookie how wonderful it is". I'm sure a lot of people who shuffle off from shooting up heroin could recollect--if given a chance--a moment of pure euphoria. We aren't stupid enough now to forget the real world, objective manifestations of an economic system because it sometimes almost works for some people if everything is magically perfect and corruption is kept in place for a few years throughout a century of shit.