China is no longer communist, but it’s not capitalist, it is a facist state. Singapore is brutal hellhole and police state – I lived there for a year and a half, it sucks. Korea is one giant sweatshop like China and if you get sick there – you are on your own – and probably cannot afford there healthcare and you will die.

Pure unfettered Capitalism kills! It’s what we have been practicing in the USA since 1981 when Reagan came to power. Government subsidies and handouts have declined significantly since Reagan. Reagan, Clinton(Clinton was a Southern Democrat, which is nothing more than a moderate Republican) and both Bushes gave us this freetrade nonsense, cut government handouts, refused to enforce anti-trade laws, took health insurance from affordable – not for profit- to a very expensive for profit scam.

We went from True Capitalism(which has rules) to unfettered Capitalism or Corporatism thanks to Reagnomics and Greenspans policies.

There must be government intervention, without it a nation is headed straight to hell. We the People are the government – especially when we all get involved. Corporations are naturally scared of government – because government makes them follow regulations. It never ceases to amaze me when right-wingers think that if we get government out of the way – corporations will do the right thing. That shows you how naive and shallow Conservatives truly are and why they want to be ruled over by an elite wealthy class of people.

I do believe the conservatives know that time is near and unfortunately their policies of the past 30+ years have FAILED and will put us in the next Great Depression. It’s not the governments fault it’s unfettered Capitalism!

It is IMPOSSIBLE for a corporation to be “greedy” at least in the long term. You charge too much people don’t buy your products, pay your employees too little they quit and you get lousy employees and then lousy products. The only way a corporation can cheat the Invisible Hand is through government intervention.

Even breaking the law doesn’t work except in the short run, all these stupid movies that always portray pharmaceutical companies trying to sell bad drugs! Why would they ever, ever do that? It is not only unprofitable, but potentially devastating in the long run.

What does anyone care about the 1% for? Care about your own 100% instead, how much are you paid? What can you do to better your situation?

Free markets mean ‘no (or minimal) government interference’ and no educated person wants that.

Free markets mean: no laws on child labour, no laws on environment and pollution, no ‘minimum wage’, no employee protections, no ‘Truth in Advertising’.

We all know who wants such a regime.

Stop de-motivating the poor to work and instead strive for more. Why, for instance, are we subsidizing the rent that the poor pay to as low as $25.00 a month and giving food stamps and healthcare, while many of them sit home and do not work? This is not a structured society, but rather an experiment in irresponsibilty.
We also need to understand that it is an oxymoron to tell someone “get an education, work hard, be successful, then we will hate your guts because you achieved your goal and now make much more than we do. Not everyone is college material, but everyone (except the old and truly disabled) can bring something to the table.
We also need to school the 18-29 group that “you don’t start out making what mommy and daddy make and you don’t start out having everything they have worked for years to accumulate.”
Society will continue to disintegrate if we continue to permit lack of accountability.

Why isn’t capitalism working?
Because it’s thoroughly corrupt…
Because money and power want profits without risk…
Because the dice are loaded…
Because the gated community is closed…

Because the little guy (in the minds of the money and power) is a little person, from the little people with no bargaining power and no need for it.

…And the simple fact is, that when the game is rigged, the only winning move is not to play.