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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]tea and oranges
(396 posts)If only capitalism didn't produce capitalists, you know, those folks who control the means of production, the ones who always push for fewer regs, taxes, worker protections, more pollution.
I'd like to see a subsistence society(one that isn't based on profit) that didn't have boom & bust cycles. The bust cycles require the mass expulsion of workers, the booms are usually bubbles that burst creating the busts. Having lived through many of the above, allow me to say they ain't fun.
People must give up so much to have a job - their children to daycare, time to dream, be creative, listen to music, gardening, friendship. Why? To make capitalists wealthier.
Sorry Laelth, even a living wage doesn't make up for what we as a species lose to the great god of profit.