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I suspect that we agree more than disagree. What I meant was that we implement capitalism to generally get abundance of things like food and medicine that we c
by gpcz 13y ago
I suspect that we agree more than disagree. What I meant was that we implement capitalism to generally get abundance of things like food and medicine that we consider good for society (to the point of calling them "goods"), but that individuals need to constantly examine and take responsibility for the morality of their actions under the system.
- beat 13y agoI don't think we "implement" capitalism. It just happens, like thermodynamics. The most brutal communist systems of the 20th century had thriving black markets. In America, we ban drugs, and marijuana becomes the biggest cash crop in several states. Capitalism happens as long as two parties can barter in a satisfactory way. That's why I react so negatively to associating capitalism with morality. It beocmes an excuse.
- dublinben 13y agoCapitalism and markets are not the same thing. Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned. A market is just any exchange of goods between buyers and sellers.